![]() MLB is ramping up its inspection of doctored baseballs, uniforms and gloves of pitchers who could be using illegal substances. For me, I would rather them have control. “Because for guys that feel the ball and throw the ball every single day, and for it to change every single year, it’s not fair to the people who are using it every single day and throwing it. “Maybe if they didn’t change the baseball, pitchers wouldn’t need to use as much sticky stuff,” Alonso said Tuesday. There doesn't appear to be any other evidence that support's Alonso's theory, though many may believe him to be correct. ![]() And of this year’s baseball, Mets outfielder Kevin Pillar on May 12 said: “The ball is not carrying like it used to and it’s an adjustment we’ve had to make, especially here at home.” It definitely is something that they do.”įollowing the 2019 season - when MLB set new home run records thanks to a ball many in the game believed to be juiced - Gerrit Cole, Stephen Strasburg and other pitchers dominated the free agent market.Ĭole: Now in middle of MLB's sticky situation, Yankees' Gerrit Cole addresses spin rate decreaseĪfter this season, shortstops Carlos Correa, Trevor Story, Corey Seager and Javier Baez will headline the free agent class. “But now that we’re back to playing in a regular season with a ton of shortstops or position players that are going to be paid a lot of money like high-caliber players - I mean, yeah, it’s not a coincidence. But I mean, in 2019, there was a huge class of free agent pitchers and then that’s (when the league used) ‘the juiced balls’ and then 2020 was a strange year with the COVID season. Do players talk about it? Where did he hear this? That is one theory you may have never heard before Alonso said it on Zoom. Pitchers using illegal substances is a hot topic in baseball, but Alonso believes the bigger issue is how Major League Baseball “manipulates the baseballs year in and year out depending on the free agency class.” “I don’t want 99 slipping out of someone’s hand because they didn’t have enough feel for it,” Alonso said in Baltimore on Wednesday. Watch Video: Mets reporter Justin Toscano talks about the first day of on-field accessīALTIMORE - Whether it be pine tar, rosin, BullFrog sunscreen, sunscreen and rosin or any other sticky substance, Mets first baseman Pete Alonso doesn’t care if pitchers use it “because I go in the box every single day and I see guys throwing harder and harder.
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