Everyone is talking about the baseball again. Offenses are struggling across the big leagues and Mets hitters have been plunked an astonishing 19 times in 20 games. The ball is believed to be too dead and too slick in a post-Spider Tack world, creating yet another silly, completely avoidable crisis.
The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal took an in-depth look at the situation, reporting MLB made two proposals related to pitchers hitting batters during collective bargaining talks earlier this year.
The first was an automatic ejection for any pitcher that hits a batter in the head or neck.