We know that things are bad and the usage is pervasive. Q: Have you ever used Spider Tack while pitching?Ĭole: “Um … I don’t … (long pause) I don’t know, I don’t know if uh … (long pause) I don’t know quite, I don’t quite know how to answer that … I mean … there are customs and practices …. Quite something and eye-opening to watch the usually insightful and incredibly articulate Gerrit Cole talk in circles like a politician when asked point blank if he’s ever used Spider Tack, one of the sticky substances MLB is cracking down on /OBd1bWiE0S So this was a very good and fair question.īut Cole had absolutely no answer, and it was kinda crazy how he sat silently before not at all answering and trying to talk around it. That’s probably the cheating-est substance out there in terms of cranking up your RPMs and pitch movement, and nobody involved could honestly believe it was just about getting a slightly better grip on the ball for batter safety.
With MLB on the verge of actually cracking down on illegal grip substances, and Cole presumably among those who are in for some very close inspections, he was asked, point blank, if he’s ever used Spider Tack. He was implicated directly by an Angels clubbie who was allegedly getting sticky stuff for pitchers, and we’ve seen video of him extremely obviously having sticky stuff on his hat or fingers, but he hasn’t actually gotten too much heat from the league or the media. Fast forward a few years, and Cole, having signed the richest free agent pitching contract in history, is one of the top few starters in baseball with the Yankees.
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