Mets Pitcher Chris Bassitt Accused Of Having Illegal Substance On Neck

New York Mets pitcher Chris Bassitt was the subject of some controversy on Monday night.

While making his start against the Braves, Bassitt appeared to have something on the side of his neck. Either that, or he suffered some sort of weird rash in one spot.

Cameras caught the image of Chris Bassitt’s neck as the game went on.

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Bassitt must have a crick on his left neck. pic.twitter.com/BP2MEtB6TC

— greg swindell (@GregSwindell) May 3, 2022

Fans immediately accused Chris Bassitt of using a foreign substance.

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@mlb Chris Bassitt looks a lil sus, this is only showing on the left side of his neck #chrisbassitt pic.twitter.com/8eC1jS7qB1

— Andrew Jones (@AndyJ0917) May 3, 2022

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Seems to be some substance on the back of Bassitt’s neck, but I guess everyone is blind

— Chris Turner (@Turner_Chris98) May 3, 2022

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Why is Chris Bassitt's neck a different color on one side? Hopefully it's not another Michael Pineda situation

— Sundogmarc (@sundogmarc) May 3, 2022

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Are we just pretending that bassitt isn’t even trying to hide the stuff on the back of his neck? Lol

— Zach Buck (@Zach_Buck31) May 3, 2022

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Sure looks like Bassitt has something shiny on the back left part of his neck. Looks like some to enhance his grip 👀 #ForTheA

— Chad Shaw (@CShaw_16) May 3, 2022

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@DOBrienATL @mlbbowman Bassitt looks like he has a foreign substance on his neck. #braves #mets

— Martin Morales (@DonOfThaBay) May 3, 2022

Chris Bassitt has been one of the more vocal critics of the baseballs MLB has been using this year.

Specifically, Bassitt said that he doesn’t think each ball is built the same.

“The MLB has a very big problem with the baseballs — they are bad,” Bassitt said after his team’s 3-0 victory over the Cardinals last week. “Everyone knows it. Every pitcher in the league knows it. MLB doesn’t give a damn about it. They don’t care. We have told them our problems with them, they don’t care.”

Luckily for the Mets and Chris Bassitt, the umpires didn’t seem to notice the whole neck situation on Monday night.

We’ll see if anything comes of it.

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