I look forward to this lasting all season long: https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2021/6/24/22548160/houston-astros-offensive-resurgence The Astros Are Once Again Hitting at a Historic Level Except for this line... Blatant cheating is blatant cheating, no matter how effective, and the Astros deserve all manner of scorn and derision thrown their way. The 2017 title will live forever with an asterisk.
List of pitchers with spin rate drops on fastballs greater than 100 rpm since MLB enforcement and prior to June 2nd (when some pitchers got leery after minor league suspensions). Smith, Burch Matzek, Tyler Feyereisen, J.P. Williams, Devin Sims, Lucas González, Victor Cease, Dylan Guerra, Deolis Richards, Garrett Chatwood, Tyler Kaprielian, James Cole, Gerrit Lyles, Jordan Karinchak, James Guerra, Junior Kittredge, Andrew Zimmer, Kyle Bauer, Trevor Robles, Hansel Anderson, Tyler Díaz, Edwin Nelson, Jimmy Freeland, Kyle Kinley, Tyler Workman, Brandon Hill, Rich Giolito, Lucas Mayers, Mike Romano, Jordan Reyes, Alex Cimber, Adam McGee, Jake Montas, Frankie Sandlin, Nick Mahle, Tyler Woodford, Jake McGowin, Kyle Ohtani, Shohei García, Jarlin Kelly, Merrill Suárez, Ranger Oviedo, Johan Alcantara, Sandy Skubal, Tarik Thielbar, Caleb Ottavino, Adam Crick, Kyle Gallegos, Giovanny Gallen, Zac Smith, Caleb Scherzer, Max Sulser, Cole Staumont, Josh Kershaw, Clayton Hendrix, Ryan Tice, Ty Strickland, Hunter Hand, Brad Alzolay, Adbert Peralta, Freddy Newcomb, Sean Darvish, Yu Taylor, Josh Heaney, Andrew Andriese, Matt Barnes, Matt Morton, Charlie Woodruff, Brandon
Greinke had the biggest drop at 44 rpms so far on fastballs. I haven't done sliders or curves, but will wait for more data on those. Garcia and Framber are the only notables not to have pitched yet.
Just throwing this out there... if they've been doing it longer than every other team, their rates would stay roughly the same.
Ummmm, no they wouldn't. The length of time that they were using some type of grip assistance is irrelevant. Once they stopped, their spin rates would decline, just like everybody else on that list.
Nothing even wrong with him...well there is a lot wrong with him mentally. He got himself a Dr. note to get out of facing the Astros the next time around. He's just trying to collect paychecks this year.
Awful. Medical Update on Mike Soroka – This past Thursday while walking to the clubhouse at Truist Park, Mike Soroka felt a pop in his right Achilles. An MRI was performed, which revealed a complete re-tear of the tendon. Soroka will require season-ending surgery, which will be scheduled within the week.
