It's not fun to be a hitter right now, a no-hitter draft, and accounting for the unquantifiable

Published: May 21, 2021, 6:45 p.m.

b"Eno, Britt & DVR discuss the current league-wide edge to pitching and the likely related six(!) no-hitters that we've seen in the first two months of 2021 before drafting pitchers in an effort to predict who will throw the seventh no-hitter of the year. Plus, the return of Stephen Strasburg, another unwritten rules violation, projections and different run environments, and an inquiry about the unquantifiable.\\xa0\\n\\nRundown\\n1:14 Hitters Are Not Having Much Fun\\n11:50 The Sixth No-Hitter of 2021(!)\\n17:51 The Bottom End Offenses\\n23:01 The No-Hitter Draft!\\n34:25 Expectations for Stephen Strasburg\\n43:23 That Rule is Written Somewhere\\n53:14 The Weight of the Unquantifiable\\xa0\\n\\nFollow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris\\nFollow Britt on Twitter: @Britt_Ghiroli\\nFollow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper\\ne-mail: ratesandbarrels@theathletic.com\\n\\nSubscribe to the Rates & Barrels YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"