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Does batting .300 matter anymore? Trea Turner sure thinks it does. Why is it becoming increasingly rare?

In the 2020s, .300 is starting to feel like the new .400. Why are batting averages going down across baseball and is there hope for a revival?

Trea Turner is trying to become only the third Phillies player in the last 10 years to hit .300 in a season in which he qualified for the batting title.
Trea Turner is trying to become only the third Phillies player in the last 10 years to hit .300 in a season in which he qualified for the batting title.Read moreYong Kim / Staff Photographer