The 41-year-old knuckleballer is enduring the highest rate of home runs allowed in his career this season — and he’s not alone. Blue Jays fans can be forgiven for failing to notice the bordering-on-historic home-run spike in Major League Baseball this season. Their curiosity was piqued by a spike in home runs they noticed going back to the second half of last season. Commissioner Rob Manfred said at last month’s all-star break he is confident the increase in home runs isn’t due to steroids or juiced balls. “You’ve seen some unusual developments, in terms of home-run hitters being up in the lineup to get them more at-bats.

Source: thestar August 27, 2016 19:41 UTC