World Series champ David Wells takes swipe at MLB commish while talking about pitchers' habits

World Series champion David Wells appears on OutKick's ‘The Ricky Cobb Show’ to discuss pitchers' habits in 2024.

David Wells, a retired World Series champion pitcher who played for the New York Yankees, among other teams, took a swipe at MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Wednesday.

Wells appeared on OutKick’s "The Ricky Cobb Show" and called Manfred the "worst commissioner in the game," accusing him of trying to change the game too much. 

The critical remarks came in a discussion about pitch counts.

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New York Yankees pitcher David Wells in action against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y., Sept. 12, 1998. (Lou Capozzola/USA Today Network)

Cobb noted that Wells regularly threw more than 100 pitches in games during the 1999 season when he was with the Toronto Blue Jays. Wells said pitchers no longer do things pitchers used to do when Wells played. Instead, pitchers are too focused on pitching to zones.

"They don’t play long toss. They don’t do anything," Wells said. "They work on the analytics of the game, zones that they got to pitch in, but we had to pitch in zones all the time. We had to figure guys out, and now they got everything on the silver platter for them these days. 

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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher David Wells in action at the Skydome during the 1992 season. (USA Today Sports)

"So, to me, it’s a matter of mindset, going out there and execute. And know what guys can beat you, what guys you have success, but you still have to be careful. You just have to hit your spots. And, nowadays, they throw to zones and one zone only against a certain hitter. And, to me, I don’t