What type of baseball are we to expect in 2020? I’m not talking about the Major Leagues in general, I’m talking specifics. The “baseball” as in the “ball” used in the majors this year. With historic offensive numbers in 2019, it was fairly certain that the 2019 ball had changed. Pitchers complained about it. Hitters loved it and the commissioner admitted that there was a bit of an issue:
“Our scientists that have been now studying the baseball more regularly have told us this year that the baseball has less drag. We are trying to understand exactly why that happened and build out a manufacturing process that gives us a little more control over what’s going on.