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Batting average is at near historic lows.
I would say there are a couple of possible reasons:
1) Hitters have forsaken average for power and are swinging for the fences more, accepting weak contact and strikeouts for homers
2) PEDs are back in force, but defensive shifts have made it much more difficult to hit singles than in the past.
However, it will be difficult to draw a definitive conclusion, because we don't have exit velocity data for the PED era, nor the years that preceded and succeeded it.
I would say that a change in hitter approach combined with increased velocity is the most likely culprit.
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