Is it fair to compare current baseball stats to previous stats?

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Do batting statistics shoot up overall, or is it just a matter of good players - hitters and pitchers alike - feasting off the influx of bad ones?
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The latter, I’m assuming. The batting talent pool becomes diluted at the same time as the pitching talent pool. Hence the insignificant change in overall runs scored.