It's early yet, but Major League Baseball hitters are working on an all-time low .232 batting average and an all-time high 24.6 strikeout percentage in 2021.
Then again, maybe this isn't so much bad hitting as good great utterly nasty pitching.
If you've been on social media at any point during the opening weeks of the 2021 season, chances are you've seen GIFs of some of the overpowering stuff that hitters are up against. If not, well, you're in luck.
We've ranked the 10 filthiest pitches of the 2021 season so far.