Report: MLB Strike Zone Has Grown Ten Percent Over Past Five Years

A report suggests the MLB strike zone has grown ten percent over the past five seasons leading to better pitching and less hitting.

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As a baseball fan you probably find yourself sitting at home screaming at the television after the home plate umpire makes yet another questionable decision regarding balls and strikes.

Do you find yourself doing it more than you used to? You may not have noticed it, but the calls have been increasingly changing over the past few years and the numbers are rather drastic.

According to the New York Times the MLB strike zone has grown ten percent over the past five years which is raising alarm for some.

"Two different analyses of pitch-tracking software have found that the strike zone has grown almost 10 percent over the last five years. It grew in each of the last five seasons and more in 2014 than in any previous season."

It wasn’t that long ago that Major League Baseball was thriving off the home run ball though many would attribute that success to the performance-enhancing drug era in comparison to the smaller strike zone.

Now with MLB having a larger strike zone, teams with average offenses (or perhaps even worse) are finding success by stocking up on elite pitching, something we’ve seen through the 2014 postseason thanks to the Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants who are currently playing in the World Series.

Major League Baseball has somewhat followed a pattern that favorites pitching then favorites batting in the past so it’s tough to tell if this is simply part of such or if its something more. Still, if you’ve noticed teams having so much success despite a struggling offense, this could be a partial reason behind it as teams continue to focus their efforts on building through pitching and defense.

A report suggests the MLB strike zone has grown ten percent over the past five seasons leading to better pitching and less hitting.

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