Pete Alonso believes MLB is manipulating the baseballs to screw over players in free agency

New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso is not happy with the state of baseball, and decided to let everybody know about it.

Prior to Wednesday night’s game against the Baltimore Orioles, Alonso accused MLB of manipulating the baseball to lower a hitter’s statistics so they can’t make as much guaranteed money in free agency.

“I think that the biggest concern is that Major League Baseball manipulates the baseballs year in and year out depending on the free agency class — or guys being in an advanced part of their arbitration,” said Alonso.

“So I do think that’s a big issue — the ball being different every single year… Maybe if the league didn’t change the baseball, pitchers wouldn’t need to use as much sticky stuff.”

The 26-year old, who hit an MLB-best 53 homers in 2019, has posted a .265 batting average, .849 OPS, 10 homers and 31 RBI in 45 games this season.