Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Will pitching see a resurgence this season?

In 1968, baseball saw one of the most dominating seasons of pitching in baseball history. After the season, the mound was lowered to help hitters catch up. Since then, we've seen hitters race past pitchers. Steroids probably played a big role in this, especially during the last 10 years of inflated offensive numbers. Now that baseball has outlawed steroids and a number of guys are showing up to camp smaller than in the past, is it possible that we'll see a pitching resurgence? Is it possible we could see a sub 2.00 ERA this year? A sub 2.00 ERA may be out of reach, but watch as the league average ERA's dip, and watch even closer in 2006 as many guys return to more human sizes.

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