Strikeouts continue to rise

The Washington Post's Neil Greenberg uses TruMedia's platform and imagery to explore how and why MLB's strikeout rate continues to rise.

"A decade ago, the first year data is available, less than 75 percent of pitches in the strike zone were called strikes, but that has since improved to 85 percent in 2017 and more than 86 percent this season. Plus, pitchers are inducing more swinging strikes (10.7 percent vs. 8.7 percent in 2008) than ever before."

Full article: Washington Post