Once again, what seemed like an almost certain home run had died in the glove of an outfielder.
Baseball analyst Derek Carty also found that, even when adjusting for typical cold early-season weather, the home run rate has dropped significantly this year.
And while he didn’t outwardly criticize the league or the balls themselves, the adjustment has been no less striking over the first month of the season.
“We knew that was happening this year,” the center fielder said.
“The biggest thing to me with the baseball is how it’s reacting from the pitchers’ hands,” Muncy said.
A Phoenix native, he originally interned at The Times before joining the staff in 2019.
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