I can explain the last one: dumbass yankee fan (oxymoron, I know) is at Fenway watching her team get swept and decides to talk trash to a bunch of kids. "27 rings" doesn't mean much when you were alive for just the last one, and the kids you're jawing with weren't alive for any.
Rangers Feel Brunt of MLB's First Steps to Expose Baseball's 'Dirty Little Secret' Mason Englert, a Rangers pitching prospect at Low-A Down East, was ejected in the fourth inning of his start on May 30 against Fredericksburg for having a foreign substance detected on his belt. He was subsequently suspended for 10 games beginning on June 1, which is the expected discipline for violating MLB Rule 6.02. https://www.si.com/mlb/rangers/news...steps-to-expose-baseballs-dirty-little-secret
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/more-spin-more-problems-hitter-performance-against-high-spin-fastballs/ This graphic would suggest pitchers using sticky stuff throwing 95+ with a spin rate of 2200+ and/or 93+ with a spin rate of 2600+ will be disproportionately impacted by MLB enforcing their rules regarding sticky stuff.
Hoping Javier is clean, sounds like he’d be affected. I think Greinke, McCullers, Odo, and Valdez are ok. Baez is also not a spin guy. Not sure about Garcia, Urquidy, or any of the other relievers.
Affected yes, but his success on the fastball is part spin, part shape, part low release point, and part balls. He's not quite to the point that spin rate causes the 4S to drop wOBA by 0.050 points. I worry that losing sticky stuff may cause control issues, but that falls on every pitcher. For Astros, I am most concerned with it affecting breaking pitches and control.
Well, glad the Twins got that out of their system... Astros can have them resume regular programming this weekend.
Tyler Bauer has had a few rough outings since his rampant cheating has simmered down...interesting development and I’m here for it.
aaaaaannnnd....he's got "elbow pain" https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/jacob-degrom-feels-fine-after-exiting-vs-padres
