Every MLB team's slowest pitch of the Statcast era

Statcast era: 2016-present
All clips are as of 6/27/24.
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[@artacuno7564]

The team names are wrong so many times im convinced its on purpose

[@StatcastSage]

4 mistakes. I apologize for the editing errors. :)

[@JGOAT562]

To I love the Philadelphia dodgers

[@finnhobart9100]

I love that the third ranked guy on this list is actually a pitcher.

[@SortaNonymous]

Hitting what looks like a surefire double off literally the slowest pitch of the last decade only to get tagged out at 2nd -while already losing by 9 in the 8th inning- is such a modern A's moment that it's more depressing than anything

[@HufflepuffBaseball42313]

They were winning, not losing

[@SortaNonymous]

@@HufflepuffBaseball42313 Oops! I don't know how that happened, but maybe I got it mixed up with earlier this year when the Rangers shredded the A's in Oakland by double-digits.

[@CSTLW]

I love that all of these are basically the exact same clip and then of course the orioles come in and mess it up 😭

[@nerdropz]

LMAO NOT BRYAN BAKER 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@BlindfoldSniper]

I love how he's the only one that doesn't really belong on this list but has to wear it. 😂

[@g-forceguy]

2:30 “curveball” lmao

[@jacob5169]

I mean, technically it's correct

[@swagmuffin9000]

can't stop laughing at the one that said "curve". i guess it DID have a lot of drop

[@Chase3141]

“Can he still make it move?” “Yeah, down”

[@Splandrocity]

Not long before we see a pitch in the 20s lol.

[@billmcnealofwnyxnewyork]

The batters went 3 for 30. Just saying.

[@Prypak]

most of the pitches were balls

[@CurtisDavis-ok1eq]

How Excellent And Truly Cool, Here!

[@eggs6665]

Anyone else notice it said marlins when it was the giants pitching

[@Sportsprod459]

No way cares

[@MrH.09]

Orioles doing Orioles things

[@0_fksgvn955]

The way that guy dodged that 37 mph heater like it was coming 100 at his face 😂

[@greyk610]

Brock Holt for the win

[@davidhuxtable8870]

I saw Dom Smith from the Red Sox this year pitch 32MPH.

[@lavaguy7974]

Are we not gonna talk about the catch that jazz chislom made after the marlins slowest pitch

[@Largepotato]

So much venom on that pitch from Escobar that the catcher couldn't take it cleanly

[@Metsfan59]

someones got to try to get to the twentys

[@PLaStiiCMoNtAGE]

I'm not very familiar with baseball, why do pitchers do this??

[@balls2jawls]

They’re position players brought in to pitch when the game is out of hand, to not waste an actual pitcher for the next games. They throw slow because it’s safe and MLB hitters aren’t used to hitting something that slow

[@user-nv3eh6ni6b]

how was there a real pitcher mixed in? 😂

[@xelasmmm]

blud threw it like a toddler

[@CityofBobby]

Who was it the orioles one

[@CityofBobby]

Oh nvm it is the orioles, I think he just slipped

[@LemonStir]

Rojas and Austidillo on this list twice....

[@NoobSaibot-b6o]

when it's so slow your catcher can't catch it

[@Prypak]

why do they avoid those pitches ? free deadball

[@kruzlucero6725]

One team is up like 10 in every single clip! 🤣

[@TurtleMarcus]

That's exactly the reason they bring out these guys. They're not pitchers, but position players, and the game is so lopsided that the team doesn't want to tire out an actual pitcher when they know they are going to lose or win no matter what. So they just send out a second baseman or whatever and tell him to throw the slowest pitch he can into the strike zone for one inning.

[@hankglidden1463]

Did you think it would be the starters throwing 40mph eephus's?

[@kruzlucero6725]

@@hankglidden1463 ah, I see! That’s a infielder!

[@Lilshrek2424]

Ernie clement is crazy I went to the jays game today and he threw 86.2…. Ps the jays lost 13-0

[@nednalyt]

wait arcia was a pitcher!?

[@TurtleMarcus]

Orlando Arcia has pitched a total of 3 innings (all of them in the 9th) in his MLB career, but he is a shortstop/second baseman. In games that are extremely lopsided (say, there is an 8-run difference or more), they will usually send out position players in the last few innings as not to tire out the relievers when the end result is already inevitable.

[@nednalyt]

@@TurtleMarcus ah

[@shaunplatt9743]

THATS NOT THE DODGERS!!!

[@nameeman1562]

Should've excluded intentional walks

[@JayDetti]

Not sure how most of those registered as balls. Right down the middle, waist high. Ball?! Ump also not sure what to do with this pitch.

[@Chase3141]

It’s where it crosses the plate, not where the catcher catches it. The ball is going so slow that it falls a lot between the plate and the catcher.

[@joc8092]

lol, my fastball's barely 60 mph

[@richardterroni9433]

Even I can throw 40mph

[@lakerskid2013]

My fastest throw I’ve ever had is 67 mph but my normal speed is usually around 50

[@1har2vey3]

Bounce it off home playe for extra points

[@guzy4289]

I love how Josh Rojas is twice on this list

[@CyberVeggie]

Why dont they just bunt these?

[@jayschafer1760]

Probably an unwritten rule to try to play small ball and bunt too much when your team is already up or down by 10+ runs.

[@Lefty857]

0:20

[@beeendub123]

Baker lol

[@0_fksgvn955]

Obviously these are out of context. What is the context for throwing like that

[@Flame-ek1mc]

Ok.. every single player on the diamond should at least throw 65 consistently AT THE LEAST. Like I’m 13 and can throw way harder than number 1😭

[@wk3004]

A lot of times they mix in slow and medium-fast pitches in those situations

[@dominos7616]

You’re not considering that they need to throw strikes or close to strikes to progress the game forward. People don’t realize how far a major league mound from home plate is and how small strike zones are. Sure they can all throw 65+ but they don’t pitch, meaning trying to throw as fast as they can not only increases injury risk but also is going to result in more wild pitches and hit batters, thereby not progressing the game. Throwing hittable pitches for batters and getting outs from your defense is how you progress the game forward as a pitching position player. That’s why they’re brought in when there are no other options or it’s a blowout and a team doesn’t want to waste a bullpen arm.

[@TurtleMarcus]

Catchers usually explicitly tell the position players to throw these kinds of pitches - as slow as you can, with an arch, into the strike zone.

[@5wiftNinja387]

It's better to throw a ridiculously slow pitch that hitters aren't used to and is either in the zone or near it than a 70-80 mph fastball that either misses wildly or looks like a hanging breaking ball.

[@derby2510]

Jesus is Lord

[@Ishin69]

jesus is a fictional character