On Friday night, in Cincinnati ,the New York Yankees once again had a pitcher get caught by the umpires, for having too much of a foreign substance on his pitching hand.

Yankees starter, Clarke Schmidt, was asked by the umpires to wash his hands after they observed at what was to be a sticky substance and Schmidt was allowed to stay in the game.

The decision to allow Schmidt to continue did not go well with Cincinnati Reds manager, David Bell. Bell argued the decision to allow the Yankees pitcher to continue and was ejected from the contest after making his feelings known.

According to Codify Baseball, Schmidt’s spin rate on his pitches were up 21% from his previous outing.

This is not the first time the MLB has allowed a pitcher to remain in the game after deeming a pitcher to have too much extra stuff on their hands. Max Scherzer was allowed to wash his hands earlier this season.

Also, the Yankees have had other incidents of pitchers with sticky substances. This is the second occurrence this week as pitcher Domingo Germán was pitching a perfect three innings in Toronto before being ejected after umpires found something sticky on his hands.

Clark Schmidt is likely to still receive a 10-game suspension even though he was not tossed like Germán was but the real issue is why are some pitchers allowed to remain in games and why is it some teams seem to be reoccurring offenders like the New York Yankees?

-Ed in Columbus

@Ed_In_Columbus

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