One night when Wander Franco – baseball’s top prospect for the past two years – hit a home run on his Big League debut, MLB made sure the headlines focused elsewhere. The awkward rollout of the new foreign substance rules has led to some awkward scenes around the game including Sergio Romo dropping his pants, Max Scherzer arguing with Joe Girardi and Clayton Kershaw wondering what we’re all doing here.
There was no drama in Anaheim, however. Anthony DeSclafani was checked a few times over his seven white innings and shrugged. Giants relievers Dominic Leone and Jimmie Sherfy both smiled and chatted with the refs, putting on their gloves and caps.
“Great, super easy. I had no problem with that and knew there would be no problem, ”said DeSclafani. ” It’s good. If that’s all it’s going to be, I think it will be good to move on. “
The Giants pitchers have shown no concern over the past two weeks, with several saying ‘sticky stuff’ was not part of their game and that they would have no problem complying with the news. MLB guidelines. Manager Gabe Kapler said the same, and he looked amused by Tuesday’s checks.
“I enjoyed watching it come down,” Kapler said with a smile. “They were thorough and consistent and I kind of watched them check our pitchers and their pitchers and thought it was the same process both times. It was nice to see the players cooperate and agree. It was fluid. “
If the pitchers were hit at all, it doesn’t show. Angels left-hander Andrew Heaney struggled in the first set but got into a groove and didn’t seem to mind the failures. DeSclafani allowed just three hits in seven innings, lowering his ERA to 2.77. Kapler credited him with being fearless and attacking the strike zone.
“He’s been kind of the same pitcher all year,” he said. “Very consistent with his velocity, very consistent with the sharpness of his brittle bullets.
“He had a outing against the Dodgers that didn’t go well for him and outside of that I think he was as stable as he can get. “
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