Fangraphs: Catchers Can't Catch a Break

[Can_of_corn]

TLDR: Catchers used to get an advantage in called strikes when batting but no longer do.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/catchers-cant-catch-a-break-anymore/

Also this tidbit for folks that say Umpires are getting worse:

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According to the Statcast strike zone, umpires have made the correct call 92.82% of the time this season. They have cut their mistakes by more than 60% since PITCHf/x data became public in 2008.

 

[Chavez Ravine]

Do robo umps dream of electric sheep? I genuinely enjoy the fuzziness of umpires…that some are bad, others good. That the strike zone gets wider in the ninth inning of a perfect game or the 18th inning after a rain delay. We lose just as much as we gain from making up a few percentage points toward some ideal of perfection.

Edited September 15, 2023 by Chavez Ravine