During last night’s telecast, Royals’ catcher Salvador Perez was spotted with a mysterious substance on his shinguard. Kansas City’s manager Ned Yost defended his catcher and told reporters after the game that it was not illegal.
“It’s not illegal,” Yost said. “I don’t know what it was. It was brown. It’s not illegal for a catcher to have it on his shinguard. It’s illegal for a pitcher.” (Zach, Braziller, NY Post)
Surprisingly, the Mets did not bring this to the attention of the umpires, and David Wright provided no comment when asked about it. The substance looked like pine tar, which could have given Perez and starting pitcher Edinson Volquez an advantage.
