Better athletes , but worse players, in regards to over all basebell skills!
And pitchers are now trained to just go 5 innings, as afraid to hurt their arms!
long gone are the days Nolan Ryan would pitch 200 pitches a game, or Jack Morris had 135 complete games, denny Mcclain 35 complete games in same year!
Nolan Ryan was a rare breed. High pitch counts and a hard thrower. Pitch counts dropped because teams want to protect their pitchers. They throw harder than ever....especially copmared to the 80's which is the last good decade to compare it to. The more recent decades are tainted with HGH and steroids.
Jack Morris has stated is awe of the modern pitcher and ball movement. Even to go has far as to accuse them of cheating. The slider is being used very often now. It is the most lviolent pitch to the arm. It is being used more and more effective than ever....which means it is harder on arms.
And teams have good pitchers in the ball pen. Why would you want to push your starter to 130-150 pitches when you have Miller, Hicks, Chapman, Martinez or someone like them in your bull pen? Go get the fresh arm.
I would put Trout up against any player ever....Trout does it all. Let us not pretend the players of the past were super defenders. The balls they got were coming slower. Mike Schmidt won gold gloves because he could hit....which makes since in bizarro world. Trea Turner and Javy Baez are threats in the field and the plate. Molina, Carpenter, Soto, Cain, Yelich, Harper, Freeman, Wong, Story, Arenado, Seager, Bellinger, Correa, Altuve, Bader, Posey, Betts, Ramirez, Chapman, Judge, Realmuto, Acuna, Ozuna, Simmons, Ohtani, Lindor, Bregman and so on and so on....we have great players today who you can compare to any era. In many ways they are better. As they should be...with the training, weight room...numerous other resources.... and information they have.
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