College Trends: Offense Through Three Weeks

The college baseball season is still very young and significantly more data is needed the rest of the season to draw firm conclusions. But if the offensive data through the first three weeks of the season is any indication, the new ball seems to be a positive development for the sport.

While team batting averages have only increased from .263 to .264 compared with the first three weeks last year, power production is much higher with 40.1 percent more homers being hit, and fewer teams are relying on sacrifices to move runners over. Run scoring is also up so far this[…]

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