Well, well, well. Count Justin Verlander among those insisting that the Steroid Era juicers have nothing on the balls being launched into the stratosphere at a record pace in just about every ballpark around professional baseball.
Jon Lester decided to voice his opinion in a rather respectful yet unequivocal way earlier in the year, and Joe Maddon called the phenomenon “extraterrestrial.” The Astros starter took things a few steps further in making his feelings known to ESPN, referring to the juiced ball being used currently in MLB as “a f***ing joke.