And that walk-off blast off Hendricks... that was a GOOD pitch, too, maybe just a touch high in the zone, but Buxton just timed it perfectly and absolutely drilled it.
I remember watching that and worrying about Munoz' control, turns out I was right to be worried lol, but hey at least yall got a very nice highlight out of it
The last 4 were all on the first pitch. You obviously do scouting reports on what the guy throws before the game. You have to think he throws you a heater down the middle first pitch
@@ThankYouBroSports Dude. It's obviously MUCH easier for MLB hitters to time fast balls, than your average Joe's who have never faced fastballs in their life. It's still not EASY but most MLB players are good enough to time fastballs they know are likely coming. It's offspeed stuff being mixed in that makes it waay harder.
@Nothing Burger well no shit lmao. I played ball too. I can hit 100 if you gave me a few. What makes this incredible is from the other variables. You could also include spin and drop too.
When I saw the Rich Hill pitch, I was like ooh ok finally we're out of the position players pitching in blowout games but NOPE my man just throws slower than literal position players.
He said his goal going into the season was to have a 30/30 season. He had 8 HR and 10 SB with an OPS+ of 86 in 130 games. Safe to say he fell a bit short.
Tbf they're not pitchers, they're just there to relief the actual pitchers so they get to the important/winnable games in perfect shape, it's just their prides getting hurt😅
Anyone else wondering why the Rays put Yu Chang in to pitch when they were only down 6 to the Tigers? I’m actually curious. I feel like a 6 run inning is more than possible.
So they were livid when Tatis hit a homer instead of taking a strike. But these teams are up 10+ and absolutely demolishing an overhand toss down the middle
Correct me if im wrong but isnt it easier to hit faster pitches farther out because the pitcher supplies the power? I think you get better EV on fastballs than on off speed pitches (unless you're Aaron Judge or Giancarlo Stanton)
Technically because there is greater kinetic energy but at the same time it’s harder to get perfect contact on a faster pitch. But with the same contact yes
Wait doesn't that go against projectile motion physics? Sending a projectile in the opposite direction of where it was traveling means you subtract the projectile's forces then add your own. So faster pitches have higher acceleration, meaning more newtons, so the difference in force to hit a homer with it should be higher than slower pitches right?
@@Junya01I think mostly because of the mass difference between the ball and bat, and also the relatively high coefficient of restitution the speed the ball rebounds relative to the bat would be proportional to the closing speed of the bat and ball.
@@fred_fotch_baseball Even though in a couple other places it's a capital L (SL)? there's just no way a pitch with that speed and arm-side tail is a slider
The people who are throwing the slow balls are non-pitchers who were put in the game to save the actual pitchers for later because they were up/down by a lot
How can a ball travel 399 ft, but land IN FRONT OF the 387 ft marker? Especially when the ball is almost dropping straight down or coming from such a high altitude.
The sign is for the wall in front of it not the actual spot of where the sign is. It's 387 to the outfield wall at that spot so if the ball went beyond the wall it was hit over 387 ft
