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MLB General Discussion (Official Thread)

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ScriptOhio said:
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Baseball's "sticky situation"...:lol:
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DZ83CK said:
I will be very interested in watching to see if things change come the end of the month.
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Tampa Bay Rays' Tyler Glasnow blames MLB crackdown on foreign substances for his UCL injury

Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Tyler Glasnow sounded off on Major League Baseball's crackdown of foreign substances on Tuesday after he was diagnosed with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament and a flexor tendon strain.

Glasnow says, in advance of MLB's initiative, he did away with using sunscreen -- the only foreign substance he says he's ever used -- two starts ago and felt sore the next day due to needing to adjust his grips. He did the same in Monday's outing against the Chicago White Sox and then felt something "pop."

"I switched my fastball grip and my curveball grip," an animated Glasnow said on a zoom with reporters. "I had to put my fastball deeper into my hand and grip it way harder. Instead of holding my curveball at the tip of my fingers, I had to dig it deeper into my hand.

"I'm choking the s--- out of all my pitches."
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Teams were informed on Tuesday that starting June 21, pitchers will be subject to random checks and could face ejections, fines and suspensions if found with any foreign substances on them or in their gloves.
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Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Trevor Bauer responded to Glasnow's comments by tweeting his own criticism of MLB's crackdown.

"They've knowingly swept this under the rug for 4 years. Now they implement a knee jerk reaction to shifting public perception. Hard to hear them talk about "competitive integrity" when they have no integrity to begin with," he wrote.

He added: "To be clear, the memo is fine long term, and it will serve to level the playing field. That is a good thing. But to implement it mid season when for 3 months you've promised players and teams that nothing about your chosen enforcement of the rules would change this year and actively encouraged players to continue playing how that have in the past, that's a lie. There's no integrity in that. So save it with the competitive integrity bulls--- ..."
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Entire article: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...asnow-partially-torn-ucl-flexor-tendon-strain
 
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Bauer has virtually nothing to be mad about, he got his big contract from LA. Who cares if he sucks now, he already will make more money than he will ever need. Its not like the Dodgers are going to struggle even with Bauer returning to being an inconsistent pitcher like he has been for most of his career.
 
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Maybe it would be easier to grip the ball if they didn't bring in a new one every time a pitch touches the dirt?

I don't know when that started but I remember it wasn't always that way.

So it gets a little dirty and rough. We all grew up playing with baseballs like that. At least you can grip it.
 
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Baseball is great for "this hasn't happened in 100 years" stuff, and another occurred today.

A Pirates starting pitcher made his MLB debut today in St. Louis and got the win. The last time a Pirates starting pitcher made his MLB debut in St. Louis and got the win was in 1914 - Erv "Peanuts" Kantlehner.

Today's starter - Max Kranick - threw five innings of no-hit ball before a rain delay ended his outing. "Peanuts" threw 7 walks with only 1 K, but still got a victory.
 
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