It’s OK, Ronald Acuna Jr.
You’ll get plenty of pitches you like in the future that you can hit a mile or use to get a hit and steal a base.
But this one? It didn’t make you happy, I get it.
Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Austin Adams was getting ready to throw to the NL MVP favorite, when he realized the pitch clock was ticking down to zero. So he came set, took a quick beat and fired a strike down the middle.
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But Acuna had put his bat down. Did he figure there would be a violation? Was he out of his rhythm by that point. Was the quick-pitch too much for him?
Austin Adams somehow avoids a pitch clock violation here to get a strike and Ronald Acuña Jr. is not happy about it. pic.twitter.com/tNXC8fAxPw
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) July 19, 2023
Acuna isn’t a fan of being quick pitched lmao 😂 pic.twitter.com/zOAkKQTwfD
— Baseball Quotes (@BaseballQuotes1) July 19, 2023