Fast forward to 2025, and MLB may have over-corrected in the opposite direction with less fly balls resulting in home runs. It has players suspecting that MLB changed the baseballs, and according to Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen, something is indeed different about the 2025 balls.

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen said via his X account that an MLB representative told him the baseballs being used this season are different due to higher seams, which are leading to more drag on the baseball (and less travel).