5 other MLB conspiracy theories that Trevor Bauer probably believes
4. Statcast is Big Brother
Statcast is great. Without it, Trevor Bauer and half of the Houston Astros roster wouldn’t even be talking about spin rate in the first place. Of course, all of the data collected by Major League Baseball begs a more important question. How is all the information being tracked, who is watching our every move, and how will it be used against us?
Statcast is Big Brother.
Any conspiracy theorist worth his salt knows the government is already tracking the movements of every citizen all over the country. The ruse of setting up motion-capturing cameras and radar all over MLB ballparks was just a clever gambit for a government-sponsored operation to track and control us.
On Longoria's 9th inning bloop hit last night, Buster Posey ran as fast as he's ever run according to Statcast spint speed (2015-present) going from 1st to 3rd.
— Ahmed Fareed (@ahmedNBC) May 1, 2018
29.2 ft/sec, which is about 2.4 ft/sec faster than Buster has ever been recorded at before.
With all of the data being collected in the ballpark (and really, does anyone really believe that there are cameras capable of determining the RPMs on a baseball moving 99 mph but incapable of placing the pitch in or out of the strike zone? Could not be me.), it’s only a matter of time before clever insurance companies are hacking the data to determine which of us are eating too many hot dogs or drinking too many beers when we go to baseball games. When your rate goes through the roof, don’t come crying to Trevor Bauer. He tried to warn you.