So, Are we good at developing pitchers now?

[DrungoHazewood]

I think a lot of teams are saying "boy, our pitchers look great, now if we can just get some hitting" these days.

We're in a new deadball era. Everyone is going to struggle to adjust expectations to the new normal offensive levels.

I'd state it more like that. If the environment is such that an average player now has an OPS just over .700 you're not going to find random guys laying around with .800 OPSes. A player who had a .775 10 years ago would now be OPSing .700 with exactly the same abilities and skill sets.

[spiritof66]

So, Are we good at developing pitchers now?

We seem to have gotten better at developing pitchers. Whether it's better drafting, more quality pitchers so that more survive injuries, improvement in identifying starter vs. reliever potential, better instruction, more patience, better luck, some combination of those, or something else is hard to figure.

IMO, it's too early to say that we're good at it.