With two more no-hitters this week, it's time to have a discussion about the increase of one of baseball's signature achievements.
It took just 42 days for baseball to reach six no-hitters this season; never before has baseball reached that mark so soon. In 1917, five no-hitters were thrown in 23 days. We are one no-hitter shy of the modern record (which has happened in multiple seasons) and two away from the all-time single-season record set in 1884.
This trend has prompted questions about the novelty of no-hitters. Clayton Kershaw, the best pitcher of his generation, said this week that so many no-nos is bad for baseball.