That's incredible. Baseball has completely changed in just 5 years. While teams may be more efficient defensively, it's certainly hurt the aesthetics of the game. Infield defense had been honed over 100 years so every player had their own zones and their interactions with other infielders was perfected. Now it seems like infielders are constantly crossing in front of each other, double plays are turned at awkward angles, and smashes past the pitcher are never hits.I played around on fangraphs and found that from 2010 to 2015, the median amount of total chances by a SS was between 276 and 286 plays in a season. By 2019 it had declined to 220 and will be well under 200 this season. So ya, shortstops aren't touching the ball as much.
Obviously I'd rather my team's defense make the plays rather than looking good, but something has been lost to the availability of batted ball data.