The Major League Baseball season has reached the All-Star break, revealing key storylines. Despite initial concerns over redesigned bats influencing the game negatively, teams have maintained competitive home run averages. The Yankees lead in home runs while innovator Cal Raleigh exceeds personal records. Moreover, bullpen management stirs fan frustration, especially when starting pitchers are not lasting long into games, complicating strategic decisions for managers. Thus, the narrative of bats and pitching remains complex as the season progresses.
Some geniuses even said they were the latest example of how over-innovation can ruin baseball (no idea who wrote that zinger). Well, so far that's looking like the kneejerk reaction of the season, or maybe several seasons.
The Yankees, who are the chief adapters of the redesigned bats that boast customized sweet spots, hit 15 home runs in three games against Milwaukee at the start of the season.
Cal Raleigh's wild, breakout season continued with a win at the Home Run Derby in Atlanta on Monday.
When your starting pitchers average well under six innings a game, and you have to figure out how to get an additional nine, 12, 15 outs or more, where's the roadmap for that?
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