On MLB’s Statecast podcast, pitcher Adam Ottavino recalled a debate he’d had with a coach in Triple A about Babe Ruth’s standing in today’s baseball. It’s a question also asked in The Big Fella, of acclaimed private hitting coach Jason Ochart of Driveline Baseball in Kent, Washington, and reported on in The Washington Post. Ochart’s answer:
“I find it ridiculous to say that he wouldn’t be very good this day and age.”