Major league baseball season to start March 30th

**JIBBBY** · 03-19-23, 03:16 PM

Not excited to watch it but am excited to bet it!

BRING IT!

**lakerboy** · 03-19-23, 03:16 PM

Yes I'm excited for the early rainouts

**JIBBBY** · 03-19-23, 03:22 PM

Originally posted by lakerboy

Yes I'm excited for the early rainouts

Wet and snowy winter for sure this year. GOOD POINT! Got a dome stadium?

**KVB** · 03-19-23, 04:04 PM

New rules designed to speed up play and increase batting average, with an emphasis on increasing singles, will be at play here.

Last year's league batting average was .243

That's the lowest it's been since going .237 in 1968. 2021 was .244 and 2020 was .245.

Last year there just over 5.3 singles per team a game, that's one of the lowest I've seen. But 2021 and 2020 were both lower than 2023.

They want to bring that up a notch and hope the shift rule will accomplish that.

**KVB** · 03-19-23, 04:13 PM

Here are the lowest 13 years of singles per team per game leaguewide in the mlb.

They are all recent. It's been harder and harder to get singles...

	1B/gm
2020	5.06
2021	5.15
2022	5.33
2019	5.34
2018	5.42
2017	5.54
2016	5.67
2012	5.74
2015	5.77
2011	5.85
2013	5.85
2014	5.86
2010	5.88

The next one on the list is 1968, when the league wide batting avg was just .237, where there were 5.9 singles per game.

**play4win** · 03-28-23, 03:46 PM

Originally posted by KVB

Here are the lowest 13 years of singles per team per game leaguewide in the mlb.

They are all recent. It's been harder and harder to get singles...

	1B/gm
2020	5.06
2021	5.15
2022	5.33
2019	5.34
2018	5.42
2017	5.54
2016	5.67
2012	5.74
2015	5.77
2011	5.85
2013	5.85
2014	5.86
2010	5.88

The next one on the list is 1968, when the league wide batting avg was just .237, where there were 5.9 singles per game.

this fackin clown right here. why singles is so important

**agendaman** · 03-28-23, 04:10 PM

right now i am betting team season win totals.love these 2-arizona over 75.5 and phillies under 88.5.

**Headsterx** · 03-28-23, 04:17 PM

Will these new rules (bigger bases, pitch clock, etc.) increase runs? If so, are the books already adjusting the over/under?

**ThaTopMoron** · 03-28-23, 04:21 PM

Originally posted by slayer14

Is anyone on here excited and pumped about baseball coming back?

no. worst sport to bet on. besides betting Cleveland under in game 1 of the season. that's a gift.

**Kami40** · 03-28-23, 04:55 PM

**pavyracer** · 03-28-23, 07:21 PM

I'm not excited for the season to start but I will be using LT's formula on totals for the first 2 weeks. Betting the under until the bats warm up.

**KVB** · 03-30-23, 11:26 AM

Originally posted by play4win

this fackin clown right here. why singles is so important

What part are you having trouble following? The stats are pretty straightforward and reflect why the MLB is trying to increase hits and averages.

Tough to tell your question from your post, which part confuses you?

**ThaTopMoron** · 03-30-23, 10:54 PM

Originally posted by ThaTopMoron

no. worst sport to bet on. besides betting Cleveland under in game 1 of the season. that's a gift.

score is 0-0 in the 8th