Every Monday Baseball Musings compare the offensive numbers of the current season to the previous season through the same number of full weeks. Through sixteen weeks, MLB games produced 8.77 runs versus 9.17 runs in 2023. Home runs are down about 0.15 per game. In four of the last five weeks they rate came in above 2.5 per game, so long balls are trending up. Strikeouts remain down by about 0.5 per game, and walks are down about 0.3 per game. I watch and listen to lots of different broadcasts, and announcers seem to believe batters are being more aggressive early in the counts this year. The extra balls in play are not turning into more hits, however, as BABIP hits are down from 14.4 per game to 14.1per game.

The three day post All Star week produced 8.43 runs per game. While homers were up, other hits were down to 13.1 per game. You can follow weekly scoring here.