UN JUEGO MÁS REFRESCANTE / A MORE REFRESHING GAME

The essence of baseball is something that for this season of 2023 in MLB was in doubt, I use this term because much was and is still talking about the new rules that frame this new season in major league baseball, I in particular have not talked much about them but to be honest and after seeing some games, they are not bad, obviously not everything will be perfect and both fans and players will have to get used to over time, but I think that at the end of the day the game as such needed some small changes that would allow it to look more attractive, something like adding something new and different to attract the eyes of new fans, and also of the same faithful followers of the sport of the glove, the bat and the ball, that if it were not because we love this great game, I think we would have left it aside to go and look at other things on television, a touch of some new things that were necessary to adapt it to the new times, is it ok like this? ? or is something else required.?

NUEVO RITMO DE JUEGO / NEW GAME RHYTHM

Every change or innovation has its consequences and results later, obviously they were made for that, but we must see how much impact they have on what is really required, for example in this case of MLB, it is sought that the games are not so long, breaking a little with the traditional, but also seeks to make them more attractive, a little extra sports action is not falling bad baseball in this 2023 that sees how it has become more entertaining than usual, activating endless opinions that go beyond the final result of the game, and make us talk about other things, without losing the real essence of the game that is, that the last out is completed to know if our team of choice wins or not a baseball game.
One of the things that I am seeing or at least from my perceptive is that the pitchers feel some pressure to throw the streamers to home, because they have that famous clock that limits them to execute everything, as they did in the past, but there is also a factor that plays in all this, and is that there are pitchers, which favors them this counter clock, because their mechanics is fast between pitch and pitch, and are seen in a more comfortable way, Another one that we can see is that we have seen much more stolen bases, or more than usual, causing a greater number of runs scored in the final scores of the games, since one of the rules is that after 2 turns to one of the bases by the pitcher, he can not do it anymore, motivating the runner to go out to the next attempt to conquer the next base, without any fear or with more freedom.
CIFRA IMPORTANTE / IMPORTANT NUMBER

A controlled game, with less hours in the stadium makes it cooler, less long, allows the development of the same in a more fluid way, but has not prevented us from seeing new individual records achieved, this is the case of the Venezuelan Elvis Andrus, who in his 15th season, has reached a very important figure as far as shortstops are concerned, the privileged amount of two thousand hits in MLB, a number that makes him be in a select group, not as much as the 2500 or 3000 hits, but still makes him be part of the best hitters of the young circuit of the big leagues, a statistic that when he began his career was far away but today is a reality.
Most of his success was obtained with the Texas Rangers, team who gave him the opportunity to venture into this world of baseball for 12 great years, was 2 times champion of the American League and attended several All-Star games, giving rise to the respectable of his bat as a shortstop who had and has, some good tools with the bat and glove and that during that period of time, perfect days of up to 5 hits, led him to be a player who has surpassed the second step towards the three thousand hits, it sounds difficult to reach but with only 34 years that he currently has, I think he still has a lot to give for the native of Maracay Venezuela.
UNA PIEZA VALIOSA / A VALUABLE PIECE

After the start of the season with a record of 3 and 1 in its passage through Florida in its season opening series, which was very good, the set of the New York Mets, has fallen into a bad streak of 3 consecutive losses, but the worst thing is not that, is that they have received a lot of runs in a few days that make us think, With a total of 26 runs allowed in three games, the alarms in the metropolitan city are on, although we are still in a very early place in the season, the bet of their rotation was very high and they are far away from seeing those great numbers in it, that is what is happening. ?
The big names like Verlander, Scherzer, Carrasco, have failed for different reasons, injuries, poor performance and now everything has fallen to Kodai Senga, this Japanese pitcher has been the only one with good performance and in his first experience in the big leagues, and that is why, If we go to the theory and then to the practice we can realize that the arms of the Mets rotation, are somewhat old, consequently they are no longer at the level to face a full season, It is a perception that can be seen at a glance, and that only the experience of these pitchers will be what will come to light, falling all the weight on Senga, who will be the one who will maintain the level thanks to his discipline and perseverance that characterizes the Japanese player, Just look at his numbers so far, in his first presentation, in 5 innings of work against the Marlins, he fanned 8 opponents and the command of his pitches looked very good, good news for the New York ninth who could see an outing in him while his other teammates recover.

HASTA LA PRÓXIMA / SEE YOU NEXT TIME
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