Wicked pitches

[Beau Vine 53722]

Sometimes good fielding position is irrelevant, though:

 

[miguelito 11110]

^^^

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This is just badass:

 

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20 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Still doing it.

 

 

 

 

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[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

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Sometimes Joe Kelly looks like the most impossible guy in the league to hit:

 

[Goo Punch 4275]

two more:

 

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[Braff Zacklin 13298]

How does Kelly get that dramatic inside-out movement--is he torquing his wrist opposite just before release?

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36 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

How does Kelly get that dramatic inside-out movement--is he torquing his wrist opposite just before release?

No, it just comes spinning/sliding out of his hand that way.  The real question is how it comes out at 98 if it's spinning/sliding like that.  

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2 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

No, it just comes spinning/sliding out of his hand that way.  The real question is how it comes out at 98 if it's spinning/sliding like that.  

The answer has to do with the TJ surgery he's going to have in about 8 months.

[Pato del Muerto 52097]

3 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said:

How does Kelly get that dramatic inside-out movement--is he torquing his wrist opposite just before release?

That would be a screw ball, no?

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10 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

That would be a screw ball, no?

In some ways, yes, but as Beau noted, it's moving 98 mph. Never seen that sort of left-to-right, inside-out movement and at that velocity from a right-hander.

[Fozzz 152]

It's just a weird combination of arm angle, low spin, and high velocity.  That kind of movement can be good for generating GB but it's not very good for generating swinging strikes.  For instance, Kelly only has a 8% SwStr rate for his fastballs this season which is pretty poor for someone who averages 98 mph.  

Edited September 11, 2019 by Fozzz

[Gut Wagon 8037]

When I was a kid, we all used to try to throw screwballs. None of us could, despite trying every grip and arm motion we could think of. We knew what it was supposed to do but couldn't come up with all the ingredients. Some of that was because the coaches didn't know much more than we players did...but mostly, it was because we had zero talent.

[Beau Vine 53722]

1 hour ago, Gut Wagon said:

When I was a kid, we all used to try to throw screwballs. None of us could, despite trying every grip and arm motion we could think of. We knew what it was supposed to do but couldn't come up with all the ingredients. Some of that was because the coaches didn't know much more than we players did...but mostly, it was because we had zero talent.

Also because the human arm is not made to rotate in that direction.

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On 9/11/2019 at 9:50 AM, Braff Zacklin said:

How does Kelly get that dramatic inside-out movement--is he torquing his wrist opposite just before release?

 

[Bateshorn 9600]

That makes my elbow hurt just looking at it.

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[miguelito 11110]

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How does anyone ever hit the ball?

 

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On 11/19/2019 at 10:49 PM, Beau Vine said:

 

Game would take eight hours with that doofus pitching.

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[Ignatius 3979]

xxxxx

Edited December 23, 2019 by Ignatius
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[Ignatius 3979]

Just now, Ignatius said:

If you could create a pitcher who had only Nolan Ryan’s fastball and Petey’s change and literally no other pitches, he would shatter Nolan’s strikeout record in 15 years....

 

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