it primarily to increased fastball velocity. However, MLB has also seen an increase in home runs in recent years, which is not the case for BYU BSB.

I did go back to see if our pitchers were also getting more Ks, and they are. What is remarkable, however, is that we've only had one season above 1K/inning and that was in 2022. In 2023 and 2024, we've struck out more than 100 times more than our opponents and 2020 was on pace for the same disparity until the season was stopped.