Position Players Pitching

chris Gimenez on clev 2 IP

Jared Hoying, OF for the Rangers, pitched the top of the 9th with Texas down big. Gave up a homer on a 59mph toss

I am not a big baseball guy, so tuning into the end of the Rangers game and seeing this guy I've never heard of pitch @ 60 mph was bizarre, I'm thinking he's a knuckle baller pulled up from the minors, but I'm seeing no movement on the ball whatsoever (I had the TV on mute to listen to coverage of the madness taking place in downtown Dallas, two miles away from me)

Drew Butera again for KC, scoreless inning down 13-0

Jeff Sullivan ‏@based_ball 15m15 minutes ago
since the start of last year position players pitching have a 4.93 ERA in about 46 innings. better than Matt Cain, Joe Kelly, and Ubaldo
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hernan iribarren pitched the eighth for the louisville bats this afternoon

needed seven pitches to get three outs; one was a 46mph knuckleball

@RhettBollinger
Eduardo Escobar's first pitch was an 88 mph fastball.

tyler holt is the first reds position player to pitch since skip schumaker two years and one day ago

five pitches, three outs

best pitcher on worst staff ever!

does christian bethancourt even count

he's pitching in the fourth inning ffs

he was signed for that reason, so no

whoa this guy's story is cool

has that happened in the modern game? guy pitching and playing the field on a regular basis?

@AJCassavell
No player in MLB history has caught more than 5 games and pitched in more than 5 games in the same season. Christian Bethancourt might.

poor guy was immediately spiked by andrew toles on a play at the plate after his first pitch (a wild one)

michael martinez of the indians last night: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/michael-martinez-pitcher/

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what's a higher priority than a position player pitching? no-hitter?

(ian kennedy has a 1-hitter going in the 8th btw)

yeah i have no-hitters in the 7th inning or later higher

3rd string catcher Kevin Plawecki pitching for the Mets today

this is the reverse but the Yankees put pitcher Brian Mitchell at 1b late in today's game...

Miguel Montero on the mound right now for the Cubs vs Yankees

Miguel Montero head hunting with a 80 mph heater 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/r68FZlNIA5

— MLB Memes (@MLBMeme) May 7, 2017

Position-player pitching alert: catcher Chris Gimenez making his third relief appearance this season. Twins down 15-6 in the ninth.

— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) May 31, 2017

http://deadspin.com/let-us-all-marvel-at-andres-blanco-s-70-mph-fastballs-1795923120

chuey

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-era-of-position-players-pitching

a scoreless ninth (one hit) for jon jay

http://www.cubshq.com/update/WATCH-Jon-Jay-pitches-a-scoreless-9th-inning-23057

He retired three of the four batters that he faced in the scoreless inning and he was clocked at 46-65 mph on his pitches.

It's that easy huh @jonjayU

— Brett Anderson (@BAnderson3737) July 6, 2017

hernan perez is on for the eighth with nats looking at history

he knew to point to the sky on a fly ball, nice

Welcome back. We are monitoring events in the Detroit/Pittsburgh game this afternoon.

— Pos Players Pitching (@70MPHFastball) March 30, 2018

is tyler glasnow the last pirates bullpen member who hasn't pitched, after brault?

Sandoval with the 1-2-3 inning.

Pablo Sandoval with the 69mph Curveball.

What. pic.twitter.com/I7hr5y8ktG

— Pitcher List (@PitcherList) April 28, 2018

greg garcia (cardinals utility guy) threw a scoreless 8th inning last night - 1 hit and a double play

chris gimenez for the cubs ... they're only 6 runs behind in the eighth, feels a little premature

Matt Davidson, Filthy 79mph Slider....and then reminding himself to slow strut off the field... 😂 pic.twitter.com/ZKg7XrNQgB

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) June 30, 2018

The Diamondbacks used two position players in relief in their 19-2 loss to the Rockies ... in fact they pitched more total innings than the actual pitchers did (3.1 IP for the real pitchers, 4.2 IP in relief for the position players).

http://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=380711127

they also . . . used a pitcher as a pinch hitter in the second inning, when they were only down 5-1

Alex Blandino, Filthy 67 mph Knuckle Ball. 🦋 pic.twitter.com/ivFAvcv7YQ

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) July 12, 2018

icymi

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/descalso-and-avila-hurl-their-way-into-weird-history/

Our Willians: not so good on the mound

tommy la stella comes on in the sixth

and gets the out with one pitch

backup catcher caratini is pitching now. first time the cubs have used two position players in the same game since 1907

the crowd is going wild

Every star high school pitcher was a great hitter too. I'm not sure if Ohtani has broken down any doors though, his situation was really unique in that he was able to bet on himself at a young age with a lot to gain and not all that much to lose. He also had the balls to jump to MLB when he was young and forego all the usual posting rules. But the worst case (short of a career ending injury), is that he doesn't cut it in MLB and heads back to Japan, basically ending up where he would have been anyway, still young enough to be a great player and find his way back to MLB later on. Whereas the best case scenario is ... what actually happened.

The college and minor league system in the Americas won't let you write your own ticket like that. They'll all tell you that if your *best* chance of reaching the big leagues is to focus on either pitching or hitting, and it's undoubtedly true, you can't argue with it.

the greinke oral histories keep mentioning how much a fan he was of hitting

I do have a few go-to pre-WWII hitters that pitched for a few years, that are really useful for immaculate grid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Z1qqSKXb0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBTc2tLX4FM

94.8mph @ 48yo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKgyKkPwLg

that's fake / an ad xp

this on the other hand is 100% real

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KDW0LxXSVQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81SSANPrAN0

This tripped me out when I saw it live, coming back from the commercial, it was like Gearrin teleported to the outfield

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19lG-gHp_U0

I am officially live-blogging Adam Frazier pitching for the Angels.

1) Jesus Sanchez, HR.

2) Varsho, bloop single to left.

3) Clement, bloop single to left (5-5 for today!)

4) Gimenez, line out to first (almost a DP).

5) Brandon Valenzuela, double (one run in, Clement to third).

6) Heineman, ground out to second (one run in), Valenzuela to third.

("Why is he doing this?" Well, I don't really know.)

7) Myles Straw, BB.

8) Davis Schneider, single (run in, Straw to second).

9) Sosa, ground out, side retired...four runs. So-so, Adam Frazier.

Koss is throwing straight 44mph cheese to the Bucs in SF right now.

then promptly gets head-hunted and plunked out of the game... yowch

learned a new rule yesterday!

During the Braves game? That was interesting, yeah.

what was the rule in the braves situation?

for me it was learning that in extras you don't need to have a lead or be behind to bring in a position player to pitch!

Last night I learned that no ABS challenges are allowed when position players are pitching.