More experimental rules being tried out in Atlantic League

[mw94]

https://www.atlanticleague.com/news/?article_id=1577

[urout17]

 

Hahaha....what the hell does that mean?

 

[noumpere]

26 minutes ago, urout17 said:

 

Hahaha....what the hell does that mean?

 

It's to address a ball just nipping a piece of the 3-dimensional strike zone.  I forget whether they are requiring the ball to bass through both the front and the back of the zone, or going wioth a 2-dimensional rectangle at the front or middle of the plate, or ....

[urout17]

23 minutes ago, noumpere said:

It's to address a ball just nipping a piece of the 3-dimensional strike zone.  I forget whether they are requiring the ball to bass through both the front and the back of the zone, or going wioth a 2-dimensional rectangle at the front or middle of the plate, or ....

If that is the case I think they could have worded it a little better.

[umpstu]

Moving the pitcher's mound back is pretty interesting.

[aaluck]

Moving the mound back slightly does seem like a good idea

[noumpere]

4 minutes ago, aaluck said:

Moving the mound back slightly does seem like a good idea

I think they should move the plate back instead. ;)

 

[beerguy55]

On 4/14/2021 at 11:24 AM, urout17 said:

If that is the case I think they could have worded it a little better.

They want the bots calling strikes than human umpires call, which are not 100% in line with the exact wording of the rule book...there are a lot of potential ridiculous pitches that are strikes by black and white rule, that no MLB umpire would ever call, and nobody wants called strikes. (except maybe pitchers - especially those who never have to bat)

[SeeingEyeDog]

Regarding the definition of the strikezone...

Despite what most (not all) TV broadcasts show, the strikezone is NOT a plane. A strike is ANY part of the ball over ANY part of the plate.

A pitch that carves around and missing the outside or inside corner which then trails a broken stitch still connected to the baseball and the thread cuts over the point of the plate...is...a strike.

This nonsense of showing graphics on TV from the side talking about front edge of the plate versus the back of the plate and where the ball breaks the plane is just further confusing the definition of the strike zone.

~Dawg

[jms1425]

"As pitchers have gained velocity and used technology to improve the effectiveness of their pitches, the strikeout rate in Major League Baseball has increased for 15 consecutive years, from 16.4% of plate appearances in 2005 to an all-time Major League record 23.4% in 2020. "

It has been somewhat startling how many more pitchers throw in the upper 90s now than ever before. But I think every single guy swinging every single swing from his heels has a helluva lot more to do with the increase in Ks. 

[Aging_Arbiter]

I was fortunate enough to call some intersquad scrimmage pitches for my local HS before the season.  We have a D1 (PennState) commit regularly hitting 94, and another in the high 80s.  Becoming more of a norm?   I recall years back when 90 was considered phenomenal.  Now, it seems like that magic number is 100.