The Impact of the Rules Changes on the Rockies

Sam Miller in his Rockies annual essay for the baseball perspective book now made the case that the rules changes would actually hurt them he wrote if playing in an extreme ballpark is the Rockies main disadvantage this year's rules changes seem designed to make things worse limiting pick off attempts and expanding the size of the bases will make base runners more dangerous. imposing pitch clocks will force pitchers to work more quickly pitchers at altitude are already prone to fatigue because of the thin air. Banning the shift will make balls put in play more productive  the Rockies pitchers have the NL's lowest strikeout rate in three of the past four seasons so they typically allow the most balls in play.