The 2019 home run rate is 5 percent higher than the highest rate in history, during the part of the season that normally produces the lowest rate of homers.
Nelson Cruz launches one of 11 home runs hit by the Twins during an April 20 doubleheader at Baltimore.
In other words, the 2019 home run rate is 5 percent higher than the highest rate in history and up 15 percent from last year, when the leaguewide rate dipped to 1.15.And what is truly scary is that the early part of the season normally produces the lowest rate of homers. What’s going to happen when the weather warms, typically resulting in balls carrying farther? At least in Baltimore, nobody seems to have any answers.
Cobb said he began noticing the change during the 2015 season, which is around the time the game’s home run rate began to climb — rising every year from 2014 to 2017 before dipping last year. He isn’t the only one who suspects a juiced ball is responsible for this year’s home run surge.
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