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This wasn’t complicated. When MLB felt the need to change rule enforcement for all of baseball when only a handful had pushed the line too far, several players were injured. That included several stars like Tyler Glasnow and Jacob deGrom, but also notably not the players being targeted by the rule enforcement change (while MLB went back to being Kermit sipping tea).
The reigning AL champion, Tampa Bay’s entire season changes trajectory with this injury, and the decision to change the approach to pitching rules mid-season can be pointed to as the biggest reason the Rays season didn’t end with another boat parade in Tampa Bay.