Research into sabermetrics and baseball theory has yielded some interesting, but often controversial results. It argues that there is no such skill as “clutch hitting” – that a player can’t up their game in a clutch situation in order to improve the chances of landing a base hit and scoring the run. It argues that catchers have little to no effect on pitching ability – at least, not to a degree that is measurable by most modern technology. It believes that sacrifice bunts are a bad decision in nearly 80% of all attempts.