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    Game changer

    Jun 01, 2021 4 minutes
    —Matt Eddy

    Power is a driving force behind personnel decisions in Major League Baseball today.

    Put simply, pitchers throw harder than ever before, and batters hit the ball harder than ever before.

    These twin realities have reshaped the way players are scouted, data is applied and even how the game is played. With baseball being a top-down sport, changes to the style of play in MLB trickle down to lower levels, in this case the minor leagues, amateur baseball and beyond.

    MLB executives and scouts point to three factors that have steered the game to where it is today: advances in analytics, short benches and high

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