And he won't be hitting them next year (if we're to believe that this juiced ball problem is going to be fixed over the winter) what problem? and who said it would be? as far as i know mlb has not even acknowledged that it's a thing, so saying they'll fix it would shock me. There were a slew of articles in early August talking about how MLB had scientists studying the balls to find out what's going on. I can't imagine that they'll let these balls be used for multiple seasons. Steroid-era HR records are being smashed left and right. It's making a traveshamockery of the sport.