Position Players Pitching

Luke Maile threw a 1-2-3 inning yesterday, with a strikeout; using a knuckleball/change-up/fastball repertoire!

Phillies' Sean Rodriguez throws a perfect 8th against the barves. (15-1 game)

roman quinn got the job done for the phillies

pirates' jose osuna comes in for the top of the 7th, down 13-4

he's pumping 90 mph

mixes in a 74 mph breaking ball

some wild lineup moves by the rays today. kolarek gets an out, moves to first base for the second batter (first baseman leaves the game) in favour of righty chaz roe, then comes BACK to the mound for out number three, with a new first baseman.

austin romine . . . pounding the zone

"pounded in the zone by the abstract spirit of being owned by your rivals"

when he came in i was sort of not paying attention and was like.. is this a knuckleballer, what is going on

Orioles' Stevie Wilkerson becomes first position player to record save since 1969

https://deadspin.com/with-a-series-of-slowballs-stevie-wilkerson-became-the-1836724040

throwing at an average of 54.3 mph

Brandon Hyde's nickname for Wilkerson is "Dr. Poo Poo" apparently

that's Wilkerson's 3rd pitching appearance this month

lmao Orioles

OF Roman Quinn for the Phillthies (in a tie in the 15th)

Vince Velazquez making highlight reels in LF

Quinn takes the loss

jaws

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— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) August 3, 2019

cubs back-up back-up catcher taylor davis pitched yesterday, and he was caught by kyle schwarber, who hadn't played as a catcher in about two years

what is the Run Expectancy when you've got the bases loaded with no outs and the opposing pitcher is the 3rd string catcher

Brandon Dixon’s curveball would not be keeping up with traffic on most of Detroit’s freeways, but he tossed a hitless ninth inning. pic.twitter.com/niWYpUh3Os

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) August 7, 2019

Jay Jaffe on its last hurrah

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/weve-reached-peak-position-players-pitching/

Jays up 12-4 in the 8th. Rays bring in Mike Brosseau

And he strikes out Randal Grichuk to end the inning!!

Backup catcher Kratz on the mound for the Yankees dealing a knuckle ball!

he pitched the other night!

Jays middle infield Santiago Espinal has also pitched a couple times now.

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white sox rookie slugger phenom yermin mercedes is pitching against the red sox right now

they're only six runs behind with two innings to go which seems a little early to wave the white flag

maybe they're just trying to find a position for yermin

followed by danny mendick

mercedes was throwing in the 70s-80s, mendick working exclusively in the 60s

gameday had the last mendick pitch at 39.6 mph

they're only six runs behind with two innings to go which seems a little early to wave the white flag

also they have 13 pitchers on the roster

they did play a double-header yesterday tbf

Rizzo struck out Freeman 😭

(via @Cubs)pic.twitter.com/fTVyUPKb4o

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 29, 2021

Marwin Gonzalez coming into a 16-4 affair against the jays.

(16 for the jays obviously)

Just had a 1-2-3 inning!

Arroyo in for the 9th now.

Had the game on the radio driving into Woodstock; heard Teoscar's second HR. Did that ever get out of hand...They really let Ryan Weber take a beating out there (11 runs in 5.2 innings). Guess they had no one left.

I felt seriously bad for the guy. I’m assuming he went in knowing he’d have to go long... but if you’re down to just one RP, why take your SP so early - I don’t think he was injured.

even more brutal is when he's DFA'd tomorrow

Baseball’s Great Debate: Who’s Worse, Pitchers Who Hit, or Hitters Who Pitch?

https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2021/8/6/22612375/pitching-position-players-pitchers-hitting-universal-dh

Arauz in for the Red Sox, down 11-4 to the jays.
And a double header coming up tmrw, in kind of an important series!

Darin Ruf with two scoreless innings out of the bullpen tonight

Reese McGwire in for the BoSox

franmil reyes for the cubs (drilled pujols in the back, lol)

Brandon Crawford! 1 inning, 1 hit, 1 walk, no runs.

Brandon Crawford, 2023 pitching mechanics. 🤢 pic.twitter.com/hFcExcooWR

— kate ⚾️ (@sfgiantskate) June 11, 2023

Nicky Lopez had a great Braves debut. 4 for 6, 3 runs, 5 RBI, and pitched a scoreless 9th. Danny Mendick gave up 8 ER in 1.1 IP for the Mets. Final score 21-3.