It’s no secret that MLB made an effort to level the playing field this year. When they introduced humidors for baseballs in every stadium, the expectation was that the homerun rate could take a dive. And boy did it. Dodgers fans already know that something is different, watching several deep fly balls fall just short of the outfield walls.
Gavin Lux’s flyball on Monday night was a great example of that. Crushed off of the bat, Lux’s ball fell right into the outfielder’s glove against the wall. After the game, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts sort of joked about it being a conspiracy theory that it didn’t go out.