SAN DIEGO — The statistics are staggering.
Major leaguers mashed a record 6,776 home runs last season, 2,590 more than they hit in 2014. In fact, four of the top five home-run seasons in major league history have come in the past five years.
At the heart of the matter, of course, is the so-called “juiced” baseball. Just how the baseball will behave — or misbehave — in 2020 and beyond has thrown the game for a loop.
“The uncertainty or the inability to know how the baseball is going to play is problematic,” Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich said here at last week’s winter meetings.