BRONX, NY - OCTOBER 18: Pitcher Jeff Nelson #43 of the New York Yankees pitches during game 1 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the Florida Marlins on October 18, 2003 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. The Marlins won 3-2. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Former New York Yankees setup man Jeff Nelson doesn’t think the wet rag rule will go over well.
It’s fair to trust concerns from a pitcher who played in the American League during the steroid era, right? That’s when cheating was at its height in Major League Baseball, and now with a 60-game season on the horizon that will be littered with rule changes, perhaps any red flags should be taken seriously after what we saw the Houston Astros do for about three years.