Changes for 2021

[redsfann]

Anyone else wondering what the new deadened baseballs and the enforcing of foreign substances by the pitchers will do to how many runs will be scored this season?

I?m going to take a wait and see approach to betting totals pre-game for at least a couple of weeks.
Live betting may offer some opportunities but that?s gonna be a wait and see for me as well


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[OAKAS]

Hey reds. Found this on another site. Good luck on the season. GO HAWKS:toast:




By the numbers: The betting impact of the new baseballs
By David Purdum


Studies suggest the new baseballs won't travel quite as far this season -- one to two feet less on hits of 375 feet or more, according to a study commissioned by MLB.

The new balls weigh 0.098 ounces less and are, to be simplistic, less bouncy. (More about the tweaks to the baseballs here.)

Prior to the 2019 season, Korean baseball league KBO changed its baseball, making it one gram lighter and slightly reducing the coefficient of restitution (the bounciness). Runs per game dropped from 11.1 in 2018 to 9.1 in 2019 with the new balls (h/t The Athletic).



Opinions vary on how much impact the tweaked baseballs will have on MLB scoring this season, but the consensus among oddsmakers is that we won't see a dramatic reduction in scoring. Spring training games, however, have seen less runs and less homers compared to past preseasons, and Padres starter Blake Snell noted that the seams on the new balls appear to be thicker and easier to grip.