What is happening in MLB? You have got pitchers getting caught in gambling scandals, and now you have rumors of a top player addicted to nicotine? In a recent reel by Olivia Dunne , people noticed two things: one was that Paul Skenes and Livvy Dunne are very happy, and their future is bright. The other was stacked boxes of nicotine patches.

An Instagram page called Dugout Forever pointed this out, saying, “In Livvy Dunne’s most recent TikTok video with Paul Skenes, there was a log of Wintergreen Zyns in the background.” But this is not the first time we have heard this name.

Nicotine pouches such as ZYN have quietly gained traction among MLB players as traditional chewing tobacco falls out of favour. Pitcher JT Brubaker of the Pittsburgh Pirates (now with the San Francisco Giants)

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