Dalton Rushing, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, accused the Colorado Rockies of cheating following their 4-3 loss on Saturday night.
Rushing speculated that the Rockies, who won only 43 games last season, may have cheated after finding it “a little fishy” that they had so many swings on the first pitch.
“I think they had a good game plan as an opposing team, and maybe I pitched into their game plan. As far as calling pitches, I’m not 100% sure. I just, I think it’s odd some of those hitters that do what they do, they go up there and they were only on the first pitch that was thrown. So it’s a little fishy.” Rushing said.
According to Baseball Savant, the Rockies swing at the first pitch 38.4 percent of the time, tops in Major League Baseball. Their swing percentage in general is 50.8, behind only the Toronto Blue
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