Shohei Ohtani and his New 100 mph Sinker...with 21 inches of Run 

Yes and No. In the past, in NL pitchers can experience AB and some can even hit HR but how many of them at the late 2nd half season introduced a total new pitch type and increased its speed 7 to 8 miles up within one week from 93 to 100&101 inside the zone box?! Even very few pitchers, like Darvish, could learn fast through watching other pitchers and just started to throw a new pitch type during the season easily, it was insane to increase the speed 8miles up to 100&101 in strikes by only one week. Even the Yankees closer who threw Shohei the 100 sinker couldn't make a strike for that speedy pitch. Yet Shohei in the next week had several sinkers at 99~101 inside the box with the batters watching at AB. Of course, Shohei Still needs more adjustments for the control of his new sinker. Shohei was basically able to throw sinkers in corners he wanted (though Shohei had to stop throwing it due to his blister). In next season, we will expect a magical show of sliders and sinkers. Well, Shohei might find a new toy pitching type then for more fun pitches combination.

And such a good one too that thing is unhittable with his cutter/slider

Jesus approves

I would not be shocked if he mixed in pitching lefty.

Seriously. You don't just do that. Most pitchers have been throwing their stuff since college. He's built different

Reminds you of Darvish you just casually added a knuckle curve to his arsenal after a few pointers from Kimbrel when he was with the Cubs. Ohtani though looked like he just learned by watching. The same way a pianist learned to play a song by ear. That's some baseball genius there

Energy and time management is probably his greatest talent. He knows how to ramp it up during the clutch too, especially when pitching.

@Your Distracted it can’t be that hard, plus Ohtani has been doing this his entire life, he’s more than use to us by this point and probably puts in more work at pitching and hitting than most people put into their one position.

@Your Distracted he has like 130 innings pitched. He is a a full time pitcher man

@@salineaddict9850 if it’s so easy then why doesn’t everybody just go and be the best

@@salineaddict9850 it actually is that hard. That’s why no one has done what he’s doing in almost a century.

Yeah. It's insane what his true potential could be. He absorbs things so quickly. Who the heck develops a 100 mph sinker late in the season after just seeing it the week before?! Clay Holmes' sinker to Ohtani was a ball; Ohtani's had such precision. Jeez! 🤯🤯🤯🤯

And still the Angels will find a way to lose.

@@themetadaemon Arte is gone. Maybe things can get better

​@v the miner this didn't age well unfortunately 😊

Most Sinkers are Two Seamers. Not all Two Seamers are sinkers. Ohtani's Two Seamer sinks significantly & is a sinker.

pitcher got intentionally walked after he left the mound after 8 innings. What is that? I don't understand what that means lol

@@wilburwood8261 I believe he meant that Shohei after throwing more than 100 heaters is still a HR threat at the plate when most pitchers would be totally spent putting that much torque on their bodies.

@@wilburwood8261 Normally, pitchers aren’t seen as a threat when it comes to hitting - even less so after throwing 8 innings. They either don’t hit at all or even just strikeout to preserve energy. Yet, Ohtani was still seen as a threat despite having exerted so much effort already. The opposing team walked him instead of throwing and giving him the chance of getting a good hit.

@@sleepyheadz Of course I understand what is happening. I said, I don't understand, it is a way of being humorously sarcastic in a Japanese way!

@@wilburwood8261 I don't understand 🤣

What do you think of the Ohtani sneer? He gives this little sneer that makes him look a lot like Elvis with the same mouth shape. It's half serious and half playful, but really fun to see him show personality like that.

@@surfwriter8461 I’m here for all of it. He’s a lot funnier than people know and it will show as he acclimates to life in the US. Did you see when he did the Vince McMahon strut in Detroit last year? After he hit his 40th while going 8 innings. Hilarious. I still think that was his signature game, even with all he’s done this year.

@@JurrasicPork I don't know McMahon's strut, but maybe you mean that funny strut Ohtani did in the dugout after returning from the HR and having the cowboy hat placed on his head--with his shoulders rotating in that exaggerated way as he walked and struck hands high with his teammates.

I’m hoping, I kind of want to see how Shohei s change up looks.

Perhaps a circle-changeup that can reach speeds in the mid 90s.

Oh yeah! That would be awesome. He'd rack up the strikeouts for sure with that one! 🤯🤯🤯

Had to wait until I was done with my Peacock TV segment. Sorry for the delay!

No problem. As entertaining as always

next year, he will hit HRs like Judge, and his ERA would be like Verlander

cuz he’s from Hunter x Hunter country.

I was thinking more like Peter Petrelli from Hero lol

He used to be swimmer too. That's known to help strengthen your shoulders and rotary cuff.

Ohtani originally is just ordinary right handed in both batting and pitching but Shohei's father who is a little league's manager told Shohei to shift to lefty because he believes it would help Shohei to have better balance, reduce tiredness, and lower the risk of injuries. So Shohei got to train himself to use left hand 😅 everything from daily life all of a sudden ( beginning with using chopsticks by left hand).

knuckle split

RIDICULOUS

It would be overkill if he added another pitch

@@Skye-tb7oq Surely knuckleball next

​@@Skye-tb7oq I am new to baseball. What else can Ohtani add to his pitch? Knuckleball?

@@knifejail i dont think a knuckleball is that easy to learn though there isnt a lot of knuckleballers out in the league. A change-up maybe it'll make his fastball more deadlier

i forgot about ohtani add that to my list lol.

That’s kinda why I want him to be traded to the Mets hahah

@@metabreaker1185 ​ I agree. What a treat to have a rotation with deGrom, Scherzer, and Ohtani. It makes sense that Ohtani would absorb pitching skills from them as teammates. However, I feel that Ohtani would benefit more from the experience as a pitcher if he faced them as a hitter. He would pitch with the mind of a hitter. But I too am looking forward to him joining the Mets lol.

@@noname-dk7ri quite possible both DeGrom and Scherzer leave the Mets before Ohtani joins the team though

If he gets traded to the Mets, he won't be a two-way player

@@noname-dk7ri I mean he could practice hitting off them, during practice if they were on the same team?

and bat 400.

Ohtani is not the best hitter but he might be the best pitcher.

i dont see him adding a change up because its very similar to what a splitter does and he already has an elite splitter

He has a splitter right? Isn’t that essentially a way to throw a change-up?

@@Brixenja he loves to mess around with grips so I don’t see how trying a change up would hurt. His splitter moves down. A change grip would dart away and down from a lefty so it would be similar but with different movement

A changeup would also be a good alternative to the splitter if it isn't working that day

Very true man it would be devastating if he had a good change up too. Hot dayum.

He reminds me of Ging from "Hunter × Hunter", whose genius allows him to master any special attack he got.

Correction: Ohtani is an anime protagonist, AFTER multiple reboots, half a dozen movies, and a few OVA's worth of buffs. Everyone is playing Baseball, Ohtani is playing Baseball Z: Super Kai 13 or some shit.

It's still his out pitch but I think he's thinking more about staying healthy and a splitter is hard on the arm.

Yep. I agree. He probably doesn’t use it as much no more because of the wear and tear on the arm and also the pitch being so predictable landing out of the strike zone. Ohtani seems like a smart guy so he decided to adjust.

Probably see it again as a finish move if he makes it to the world series. He's probably trying to perfect it more lol.

You mean the 2023 series?

@@khh8776 Only time will tell. He will probably be on a different team before that happens.

That’s my least favorite part of MLB the show. I want to be able to throw 11 different pitches. I usually only use my 4 seam fastball and slider though.

Judge has more WAR

@@dub8117 エイゴワカリマスカ？

If Treinen K'd someone he'd probably be in there.

@@PitchingNinjaVideos he still was nasty

They can be synonymous. Most sinkers are thrown with a 2-seam grip.