Gerrit Cole says he’s no longer cheating, but he’d sure like to because it’s too hard to grip a baseball without the use of a foreign substance.
Apparently a lot of pitchers and teams ignored that until early this month when MLB let it be known that a crackdown was coming.
On Monday, he left his start against the White Sox after four innings and was diagnosed with a partial tear of the ulna collateral ligament in his right elbow and flexor tendon strain.
On Tuesday, Glasnow told reporters in Chicago that he’s convinced that he was injured because he didn’t use a substance to get a better grip on the ball.
Something that doesn’t turn the baseball into a Whiffle ball, but gives the pitcher a better grip so he’s not knocking down batters on a cold April night in Cleveland.
The penalties, a 10-game suspension and the pitcher’s team not being able to replace him on the roster, are harsh.
Carlos Carrasco hasn’t thrown a pitch that’s counted this season for the Mets because of a right hamstring injury suffering in spring training.
After 26 relief appearances, Cash and pitching coach Mickey Callaway convinced manager Terry Francona to give Carrasco another shot in rotation.
— along slowly, three, four or five innings at a time, it may be less daunting than telling them that they need to go six or seven innings per start to save the bullpen with Shane Bieber and Zach Plesac injured.
They couldn’t report to camp until the big leagues left at the end of March to follow MLB’s social distancing protocols.
He spent five years with the Yankees, going 47-32 with a 3.24 ERA in 168 games, including 85 starts.
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