****Official 2019 MLB Postseason Thread****

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Juiced baseballs are total BS. Come on people, the “evidence” goes into the public spaces. Foul balls, home runs, players toss them to fans etc....They sell game used baseballs in the gift shop. There have been multiple studies done on those baseballs confirmed that were put in play during a game. Current baseballs and confirmed baseballs of old were measured. It’s the same baseball.

This is 100% not true. Studies have shown that compared to the start of 2015, the current balls have less "drag" on them, to the point that the HR rate this year was so absurd Manfred finally had to admit the current balls have less drag.

There's easy evidence of this at AAA, which might have pushed a lot of people over the line on this.

There were 3,652 home runs in AAA baseball combined in 2018. In the offseason, those leagues switched to the same ball MLB uses for this year. In 2019 there were 5,749 home runs in AAA. There isn't a reasonable person on earth that believes suddenly the entire group AAA players got so much better that they hit 2,000 more homers.