I still think the spike in pitching and decrease in hitting this season is not a direct result of pitchers suddenly and collectively using sticky stuff to increase spin rates. Before this season, offense/home runs was surging so pitchers had to find ways to negate the ‘juiced ball’. MLB made changes to the baseball in the offseason to help pitching so with record breaking no hitters to date, suddenly the sticky substance becomes a talking point...I’m not completely sold on it. The spin rate sample size is way to small for me to declare that this is the case.