Cardinals' Miles Mikolas disagrees with Mets' Chris Bassitt about beaned batters
After the New York Mets had three more batters hit by pitches during what became Tuesday night's 3-0 win at the St. Louis Cardinals, Mets right-hander Chris Bassitt lashed out at the fact that pitchers around MLB supposedly are having difficulties gripping baseballs this spring.
According to Cardinals insider Jeff Jones, St. Louis righty Miles Mikolas disagreed with Bassitt's opinions while speaking ahead of the Wednesday afternoon clash between the clubs:
The Mets entered Wednesday holding the league lead for batters plunked by pitches this season with 18. Slugger Pete Alonso has already been struck above the shoulder twice in less than a month:
"It's extremely annoying to see your teammates constantly get hit, and if you get hit by certain pitches it is what it is, but to get hit in the head the amount that we're getting hit is unbelievable," Bassitt explained after the game, according to ESPN and The Associated Press. "I had some close calls tonight, and I've been hit in the face [by a line drive] and I don't want to do that to anybody ever, but MLB has a very big problem with the baseballs. They're bad. Everyone in the league knows it. Every pitcher knows it. They're bad.
"They don't care. MLB doesn't give a damn about it. They don't care. We've told them our problems with them, and they don't care."
Mets manager Buck Showalter told SNY on Wednesday the club has contacted the league office about the issue:
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