“Every Rule Change Favors Hitters” – Atlanta Braves Pitcher Slams Latest Changes To MLB Regulations

MLB recently announced a new bit of regulations that the league would be seeing come 2022. And while most viewers seemed content with the changes, MLB pitchers seemed to have some qualms. The rule changes vastly advantage the hitters of the game and Tyler Matzek of the Atlanta Braves had some thoughts about the changes too; he made clear on Twitter from his personal account.

The two parties, namely MLB and the Players Association, recently agreed to a few changes to the league. These included the advent of larger bases, a pitch clock, and most telling of all, the banning of shifts. Needless to say, this left some pitchers quite unhappy as they felt this might stand to advantage hitters more than mound occupants. And with seemingly so many factors against them, Matzek has taken to Twitter to raise his issues with the game.

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Tyler Matzek takes to Twitter

Matzek seemed to be quite open about how unhappy he was with the move as he took to Twitter to call out the owners in a tweet. As a pitcher, he felt like the new rules seemed to favor the hitters of the league just a bit too much. Said Matzek, “Every rule change favors the hitters.”

Matzek then took the hypothetical and extended it, perhaps to breaking. Matzek wrote, “Any day now pitchers are going to have to tell the hitters what pitch is coming.”

With the advent of the new rules and the bans on shifts in place, MLB pitchers will now be fighting uphill battles to get hitters off home plate and into the dugout. Or so Matzek seesm t think at least. And with the Atlanta Braves pitcher sharing that opinion, it seems such an opinion may well be wide across the league.

However, Matzek was not done on his tirade with this either. He punctuated his tweet with something that seems to be a common theme. Wrote Matzek, “Owners are selling offense, not baseball.”

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And it seemed the shift towards power-hitting that started with Babe Ruth could well be on its culmination in the game. Power hits seem to make the game more interesting and hitters are who get those viewers in. But do you think this is demand driving supply? Would you rather enjoy the game if it was tilted towards pitchers?