It really shouldn’t be possible to hit big-league pitching. You have almost no time to hit a baseball barreling towards you with ridiculous movement and velocity. It’s just a silly task for any professional athlete.
And if you thought MLB pitching was otherworldly tough (it is!), minor-league pitching isn’t easy in any sense either. Let Yankees prospect Wellington Diaz serve as the latest example of that.
Diaz, a 24-year-old right-handed pitcher who hasn’t played beyond high-A ball, unleashed one of the most unhittable pitches we’ll see at any level of baseball this season. With a 2-1 count against the Brooklyn Cyclones’ Rowdey Jordan (what a name!), Diaz threw an 83 mph slider that broke inside with some late and abrupt movement.
This slider by Yankees prospect Wellington Diaz 😳 pic.twitter.com/g5QA009ka1
— Eli Fishman (@elijfishman) April 20, 2022
That didn’t even look real.
Jordan swung and missed, and frankly, he didn’t stand a chance. The look of disbelief said it all.
Jordan was a great sport about the pitch too.
Stay in school fellas. Stay in school 🤣 https://t.co/uC13c7AEEF
— Rowdey Jordan (@rowdey_jordan86) April 20, 2022
Baseball fans were equally as impressed with the slider and for good reason — it was obscene.
