So i was listening to the whole argument about why pitching seems to be taking over this year. Specifically young pitching it seems. While everyone seems to blame in part PED's have probably in part kept the ball in the park a bit more, I was wondering about the effect of not having PED's in the game now has effected players confidence.
For example. If a young pitcher is coming into the league, and he KNOWS some of these guys are so juiced up they're gonna knock the ball all over the field I'm guessing he's a little bit more timid.
OR has a standard amount of confidence that no matter what he would win even if they are.
Since the removal of PED's, now would a pitcher gain more of advantage mentally? Would he now think now that the hitter has lost something, or at the very least he believes the playing field is more balanced?
Conversely, have batters taken a hit to their confidence, knowing they can't juice? How dependent were certain hitters to that drug? If these athletes were using regular, than they developed at least in some way a habit. By the Major Leagues disrupting this habit, or at least attempting to, they have probably disrupted many players routines. I doubt that the breaking of that routine would send waves of confidence rushing in.
My basic theory is this. Since disrupted PED rules have come into effect, Pitchers, especially young ones, are more confident and successful.
While hitters, specifically aging ones, are by and large less confident, and less successful.
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