![]() I think this is an area where umpires, again, with a difficult topic, have shown great judgment and discretion. "I understand that feeling someone's hand is inherently subjective. "The suspensions that we have had would fall into the category of clear-to-egregious violations," Manfred said. The Seattle Mariners' Hector Santiago and Arizona Diamondbacks Caleb Smith served suspensions in 2021 and three were disciplined this season: the New York Mets' Max Scherzer, the New York Yankees' Domingo German on May 17 and the Mets' Drew Smith on June 14. So not only do we have the science that we're continuing to work on but we're going to have to get over that sort of policy issue of: Is a pure white baseball a good thing?"įive pitchers have been suspended for 10 games each since MLB began its crackdown on banned grip substances in June 2021 by instituting regular inspections by umpires. I think if you take hitters and pitchers out front here and ask 'em what they think of a pure white baseball, you're going to find out that it's a pretty controversial topic. "The baseball, if we get there with the Dow people, would be a pearl, right? A pure white baseball. "Like everything in baseball, when you inch towards a solution, you figure out another problem," Manfred said. MLB executive vice president Morgan Sword said the balls were tested in the first half of this season in the Double-A Southern League. ![]() It would come out of a sealed foil pouch at the ballpark. "It would literally eliminate all - well, not all - but many of the variables in the current process. "We continue to work with the people at Dow Chemical on developing a tacky ball," commissioner Ron Manfred told the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Tuesday. ![]() SEATTLE - Pristine white baseballs that would not require rubbing are under consideration by Major League Baseball as a way to solve the issue of pitchers using sticky substances for better grip. MLB experiments with pearl white baseballs for sticky stuff issue You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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