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MLB Should Fully Embrace Its Growing Juiced Ball 'Problem'

Major League Baseball's juiced ball "problem" has never been as, well, juiced as it is right now.

You might suspect as much just from looking at the 2019 season's early numbers. The weather hasn't even warmed up, but teams are already averaging 1.29 home runs per game. That's on track to top the 2017 season's all-time record of 1.26.

Heck, MLB will gladly tell you not one, but two guys are hitting dingers at an all-time pace:

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Only 4 guys have ever hit 14 homers before May 1st.