Astros pitcher tossed for “the stickiest stuff I’ve felt on a glove.”

[BigJay]

 

[BigJay]

Astros' Blanco tossed; 'stickiest stuff' ump's felt

While Astros starter Ronel Blanco denied using an illegal substance, umpires said it was clear there was a sticky substance on his glove, which was confiscated and will be sent to the commissioner's office for examination.

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[sharpsquare]

The problem here is that Blanco said the substance was rosen which is legal, the umps seemed to disagree. Now rosen is legal but isn't supposed to be pilled up everywhere but that's a fine line.

When checking his spin rates which are always elevated when illegal sticky substances are used Blanco had no rise or spike on any of his pitches against his career norms. soooo

 

[BMR Genie]

"What I told them is, 'If you found something sticky in my glove you should also check my hands because it should also be on my hand,'" Blanco said. "'Just check my hand,' and he didn't."

--> This is a good challenge for the umpire. Why he didn't do it?

 

[Tanko]

The problem here is that Blanco said the substance was rosen which is legal, the umps seemed to disagree. Now rosen is legal but isn't supposed to be pilled up everywhere but that's a fine line.

When checking his spin rates which are always elevated when illegal sticky substances are used Blanco had no rise or spike on any of his pitches against his career norms. soooo

I agree.
They took the glove for analysis so if it was just rosen they will be able to tell ASAP and will have to apologize to the Stros. The Astros did win in the 10th but still this made Blanco look like a cheater.

On the other hand, if they find it was something else, I see a suspension coming. Hopefully, it was just rosen.

 

[BMR Genie]

Is there a fine for the umpire if he is proven wrong?

 

[Tanko]

Is there a fine for the umpire if he is proven wrong?

MLB Umpires Union Contract IS COMPLETE BS. They can get away with all kinds of mistakes with no
repercussions.

Look at how bad Angel Hernandez is... He should be taken out and shot. Yep. Shot. The guy is so bad statcast had to create a new ratings category for him... IMBECILE

 

[BMR Genie]

MLB Umpires Union Contract IS COMPLETE BS. They can get away with all kinds of mistakes with no
repercussions.

Look at how bad Angel Hernandez is... He should be taken out and shot. Yep. Shot. The guy is so bad statcast had to create a new ratings category for him... IMBECILE

Oh my! This is not fair.

 

[keithrichard]

"What I told them is, 'If you found something sticky in my glove you should also check my hands because it should also be on my hand,'" Blanco said. "'Just check my hand,' and he didn't."

--> This is a good challenge for the umpire. Why he didn't do it?

Ump didn't check his hands as he didn't know where they were previously.

 

[sharpsquare]

I agree.
They took the glove for analysis so if it was just rosen they will be able to tell ASAP and will have to apologize to the Stros. The Astros did win in the 10th but still this made Blanco look like a cheater.

On the other hand, if they find it was something else, I see a suspension coming. Hopefully, it was just rosen.

Oh, he is getting suspended either way. Rosen is legal although there is a gray area of how much can be used which seems a bit difficult to be consistent with. but either way the ejection = an auto suspension.

will be interesting to see if they note any other substance that was found. it there was then by all means he has to pay for that

 

[Tanko]

Oh, he is getting suspended either way. Rosen is legal although there is a gray area of how much can be used which seems a bit difficult to be consistent with. but either way the ejection = an auto suspension.

will be interesting to see if they note any other substance that was found. it there was then by all means he has to pay for that

Yep.... Just announced 10 games.

 

[sharpsquare]

Yep.... Just announced 10 games.

and the substance they found was..... rosin and sweat but they said the infraction was that rosin was found inside the glove. uh, but its an MLB provided substance so who cares where it's actually at?

 

[Tanko]

and the substance they found was..... rosin and sweat but they said the infraction was that rosin was found inside the glove. uh, but its an MLB provided substance so who cares where it's actually at?

Yep. The whole situation is kind of messed up.

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1790812274405314774

 

[keithrichard]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1790812274405314774

Turns out was his hair dye and not rosin after all.

 

[Tanko]

Turns out was his hair dye and not rosin after all.

I thought they said it was rosin. It was "white powder". He has black hair. I'm confused.

Seems like they ejected him because he had it on his glove. You're not allowed to have rosin on the glove hand.

“It looked to me when I grabbed the glove (that) there was some rosin,” Espada said. “You’re not allowed to use rosin on your non-pitching hand and that’s what it looked like to me. It was a little bit sticky with the moisture and the sweat but that’s what it looked like to me.”

 

[keithrichard]

Tanko did you notice he dyes his hair blonde in the picture above ?

 

[Tanko]

Tanko did you notice he dyes his hair blonde in the picture above ?

No. I didn't notice.
But I do now.

 

[keithrichard]

Sorry I just woke up at this ungodly hour to my alarm clock going off. It's new. It wakes me up by shaking my house.

 

[Tanko]

Sorry I just woke up at this ungodly hour to my alarm clock going off. It's new. It wakes me up by shaking my house.

Can you get those on Amazon?