Every Monday Baseball Musings compare offense in the current season to the previous season through the same number of full weeks. Through 13 full weeks the majors average 8.72 runs per game against 9.15 runs per game in 2023. Offense ticked up a bit over the last two weeks. Week thirteen broke the cycle of a high offensive week followed by a low offensive week, with this week coming in at 8.94 runs per game.

All three true outcomes remain down. Home runs dropped from 2.3 per game to 2.1 per game. Walks dropped from 6.5 per game to 6.2 per game. Strikeouts dropped from 17.2 per game to 16.7 per game. That means there should be about one more ball in the field of play per game. That’s the right direction. That has not led to more hits, however, as other hits are also down, from 14.4 per game to 14.1 per game.

MLB should be very happy about these numbers. Things are moving in the right direction.