Members of the New York Mets told hitting coach Eric Chavez they thought the ball would travel differently for the team's nationally televised matchup with the Philadelphia Phillies on May 1.
The Mets won that game 10-6, tied for the highest-scoring outing they've had this year.
Chavez told Newsday's Tim Healey he thought the concerns expressed to him were legitimate.
"The ball was traveling farther—balls that weren’t hit as hard," he said. "And I’m like, wait a minute, that shouldn’t have happened. The ball was just traveling better. That was the eye test, but then we lined it up with what the analytics were telling us.