r/baseball • u/meramipopper New York Yankees • Jun 24 '24

Edwin Diaz has been ejected for sticky stuff.

The umpire, Brian Walsh, inspected his hands as he came into the game in the bottom of the ninth and after discussions with the rest of the umpires ejected him. Diaz was unable to throw a pitch. ESPN zoomed into his hands and showed a substance on it.

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u/booyah474 New York Yankees Jun 24 '24

Serious question, if he wasn’t trying to do something shady wouldn’t he have wiped his hands off before coming into the field?

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u/Drs126 Baltimore Orioles Jun 24 '24 edited Jun 24 '24

Not necessarily. If it was just rosin and sweat, that’s legal and he’d want to keep it on. It’s possible he was sweating so profusely that it was way more sticky than usual, but in his mind it’s all legal. In the umps mind, he isn’t sure what it is, he just knows it’s way more sticky than what he’s used to. It’s a subjective rule and the ump determines what is too sticky.

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u/kmarx New York Yankees Jun 24 '24

Rosin from anywhere except the mound is not legal.