Comment by HansardExpert
Comment by HansardExpert 6 hours ago
As non-MLB watcher, I have only a passing knowledge of the game why does it matter if the strike-out is swinging or not?
To use a Cricket analogy you don't differentiate if or what the stroke was at the time they were LBW, stumped, bowled caught out.
It doesn't really matter. But it's a datapoint that, say a batter has a lot of strike outs looking, they may have a poor sense of the strike zone. Or if a batter has a high swinging strike out rate then it says that their pitches are deceptive and have a lot of movement.