Welcome to Verducci’s View, a new weekly baseball newsletter from Sports Illustrated senior writer Tom Verducci. Every Monday, Tom will empty out his notebook and cover MLB’s hottest topics, provide in-depth analysis through both text and video breakdowns, look forward to what’s worth watching during the week and more. This week, we’re focusing on the MLB’s youth movement, a downside of ABS and more.
MLB increasingly is becoming a young man’s game. Konnor Griffin of the Pirates is the latest and the best of a deep crop of under-25 players who are changing the game. Yes, it’s early, but here’s a trend to watch: U-25 hitters are outperforming all other hitters by the greatest margin in at least the past 66 seasons.
