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Beau Sulser of the Indianapolis Indians submits to a random, routine check for foreign substances after an inning of a game on June 27, 2021.. The 2021 pitch doctoring controversy arose in Major League Baseball (MLB) around pitchers' use of foreign substances, such as the resin-based Spider Tack, to improve their grip on the baseball and the spin rate on their pitches.
Pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs in a crackdown by Major League Baseball that will start Monday. The commissioner’s ...
Team employees can also be suspended or fined for substances found in the clubhouse or dugout. MLB will issue 10-game suspensions for pitchers found with foreign substances; pitchers face ...
New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán was suspended for 10 games Wednesday by Major League Baseball and fined for violating the sport's prohibition of foreign substances on the mound. The ...
On Tuesday afternoon, Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow ripped Major League Baseball for its decision to punish pitchers for using “foreign substances.” Glasnow suffered partially torn ...
On June 15, 2021, MLB announced a 10-game suspension for any player caught using foreign substances on baseballs, with umpire inspections of all pitchers starting on June 21, a decision that was met with mixed reactions from players and coaches.
A major point of emphasis in this year’s MLB season has been the crackdown on foreign substances used to give pitchers an advantage. Starting on June 21 of this year, umpires began checking each ...
In February 2004, Major League Baseball announced a new drug policy which originally included random, offseason testing and 10-day suspensions for first-time offenders, 30 days for second-time offenders, 60 days for third-time offenders, and one year for fourth-time offenders, all without pay, in an effort to curtail performance-enhancing drug use (PED) in professional baseball.