After an initial adjustment period, some pitchers appear to have built in some workarounds for the league’s enforcement policies. In his piece this week (subscription required), he details how some pitchers have experienced sudden spin recoveries in recent weeks, plus how in-game variation in spin is higher than ever right now. Of course, he has lost movement, but he has seemed to figure out pitching in the post-no sticky stuff era.īut is it actually the post-no stick stuff era? According to Eno Sarris, this may not be the case. He’s been very good thus far in August, and the peripherals have pointed to him still being elite. Suddenly removing that agent from play means there is an inevitable adjustment period. Grip agents are used to have better feel for the ball in your hand. In his first few starts following the ban, he looked shaky to say the least. Cole, among others across the league, saw a decrease in his fastball spin of more than 200 RPM after the crackdown. The results pointed to Gerrit Cole as a likely user of something potentially as powerful as the infamous Spider Tack.
Just two months ago, fellow PSA writer, Joshua Diemert, gave us an overview of the Yankees rotation spin changes after the sticky stuff ban.
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