PHOENIX -- It was anticipated that the newly installed humidor would gently curtail the number of home runs hit at Chase Field this season. It has.
Manager Torey Lovullo and players say they have noticed that some balls have not traveled as far this season, especially early in the year. At the same time, they have chosen not to make even a small deal about it.
"There is probably data that will show all sorts of different things, but a couple of main bullet points I got -- the exit velocity [off the bat] is down a tick, less than a half-mile an hour," Lovullo said, calling it about two-tenths of one mile an hour.