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It's only horse**** if dude's been on the juice his whole career and has only now found out how to hit.
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I doubt it's the placebo effect.....It's no coincidence that pitching as soared after PED were banned and outlawed.
Pitchers are just better, velocity is up in 2002 average fastball was 89.7, now it's 92.
Teams are better at measuring and evaluating defense, better defense = less hits = more no hitters.
Teams are less strikeout averse and walk friendly, so guys there are more guys like Adam Dunn's, Carlos Pena's who walks and strike out a ton and don't get hits = more no hitters
teams utilize shifts better = more no hitters.
Nobody is really shure how steroids impact your ability to hit a baseball, it is not as obvious as you may think.
Garrett Jones show today.
So that is how you explain the drastic drop in Home Runs? While there might not be direct evidence or a clear cut measurable statistic on the impact of steroids.....ignoring the affect it can have is laughable.
not sure why he has been right on the money for most of the stuff he has said the past few yearsI don't believe Conte knows what he's talking about at all.
not sure why he has been right on the money for most of the stuff he has said the past few years
1. I just explained it to you. Better pitchers are flat out better now. FYI Home runs are back up again.
Melky is not hitting any more home runs than he has in the past, his HR/FB rates aren't something he hasn't produced before, his offense resurgence is thanks to an inflated fluky BABIP we have no evidence that known steroid users have seen an increase in HR/FB rates.
I believe that anything that Melky was taking really provided him a marginal, insignificant advantage if any at all. Two career high BABIP season don't match up with the steroid narrative.
Cmon you really believe that, it's just a magic pill that can turn a 4th out fielder to a mvp candidate? Really?
That sounds like horse**** to me, his BABIP is also like 400 so that probably has more to do with it.
I hope he comes back and keeps hitting like Braun did.