MLB Best Left Handed Pickoffs

[@darthjayder2927]

That first one was the best pickoff I've ever seen

[@syourke3]

Agreed. I’ve never seen a move like that. Pitcher just moved his left foot off the mound to the left and threw to first at the same time. That move should be patented.

[@trace9643]

Lol that’s a balk dude.

[@rolfbernerske2786]

BALK

[@avery-james]

CERTIFIED I don’t think it’s fair to call anyone stupid for thinking that’s a balk. I’ve spent the past 30 minutes going over the rules and still am not 100% sure. According to MLB rule 8.01(c): when a pitcher removes his pivot foot from contact with the rubber (i.e. steps off), he thereby becomes an infielder. And, while off the rubber, he can throw to any base. The “while off the rubber” part is what’s tricky... Technically, Kershaw broke his hands, and started the throw, before he was off the rubber. However, in his defense, he didn’t release the ball until his pivot foot was planted off the rubber. So, what constitutes being “off the rubber”?

[@marlostanfield1087]

Trace Frick he was never set.. not a balk

[@samgordon4773]

Altuve must’ve misheard the trash can banging

[@schumi246]

That’s only for hitting, not base running.

[@JackHerncall]

schumi246 thank you for saying that

[@loganroberts1761]

@@schumi246 its a joke I think

[@vybinn6593]

schumi246 Yea we all totally thought they banged trash cans for base running too

[@Bretkane]

@@vybinn6593 Well knowing if a fastball or offspeed is coming can help for base stealing

[@user-jt7gs7cm6v]

I feel like some of them were Balks

[@davej3781]

some of them were

[@haidenkaler6871]

I do that move all the time and it is never a balk until someone complains lol

[@user-jt7gs7cm6v]

Hahah yeah p

[@Geoff69420]

Nope, no balks here. Some of them would have been called balks for quick-pitching if the pitcher had pitched them instead of going for the pickoff, but none of these has the pitcher's leg going towards home plate before switching towards first base.

[@davej3781]

@@Geoff69420 the one by Urias towards the end was clearly a balk, he didn't step towards 1B at all. The two by Bumgarner very much look like crossover balks, but we don't have the right camera angle to be sure... If they're not, then human anatomy isn't what I think it is

[@larrycopeland2413]

Terry Mulholland's step-off pick-off move is the best I've ever seen.

[@콩찰스-v2j]

I agree that absolutely!

[@DannyJ-zi6ib]

Pettite had an amazing pickoff move

[@baseballer24]

1:08 Tino Martinez tagged out be the guy he will replace in the future

[@TheBabesRock]

I could watch these all day haha

[@Pigkiller22]

3:26 looks like a balk to me

[@davej3781]

@@martysnyder6799 yes, very balky, quite surprising no one called it

[@darthtourette7017]

Left handed pitcher to left handed first baseman is supreme

[@hlcepeda]

I recall a comment from Mets southpaw, Jerry Koosman, on how to improve a southpaw's pickoff move to first base: Show the runner the bottom of your right shoe as you bring your leg up to _seemingly_ deliver your pitch to the batter. You have to raise your right leg and contort your ankle in such a way that you're actually positioning yourself to step toward first base. The logic is that threatening runners see the bottom of the right shoe as an indication that the pitcher is delivering to the plate... at which point they'd run, if so minded. I don't know where that advice originated from. Rube Walker, perhaps?

[@aww773]

My favorite play was when the pitcher picked off the runner on first

[@baseballdude13000]

How about baserunners escaping the pickle?

[@elihumitchell3586]

Some of those runners don’t be paying attention.. but the pitchers be watching to see how far off the bag they are if they are off too far then they will get the sign from the catcher for the pickoff throw

[@K_v_B]

I’m only here for the comments about balks.

[@kylechapin1057]

So confusing

[@KC-bg1th]

No, you're here to farm likes for being the only one not talking about them. lol

[@a.n.5156]

Steve Carlton, Terry Mulholland, and Jimmy Key were the best 3 ever.

[@erikhopkins9488]

He had him LEANIN!!!

[@terpsguy2623]

Love the vids

[@elihumitchell3586]

Kershaw from the Los Angeles Dodgers is the best at picking off those runners at first base.

[@bkhighlights6855]

Question for sporting videos: Do your videos get monetized cause everytime I make mlb videos they get demonetized if they do get monetized how do you keep them from getting flagged

[@kylechapin1057]

Half of these were balks. The balk rule favors left handed pitchers.

[@zachperrin7808]

No its doesn't your just stupid not a single one of these were balks

[@blueguppy9321]

the balk rule was made to go against left handed pitchers dude

[@YaBoiOnTarWhunder]

Can go out to a 45° angle as long as you don’t commit to the plate over that it’s no balk

[@Sonicplushadventures8147]

Terry Mulholland had the pest pickoff move of all time

[@lickeye2289]

これがメジャーのかべか。それにしてもイチローはやっぱりすげーな！

[@JruGordon]

3:29 is that considered a balk now?

[@CacophonyOfDestruction]

Pettite was the best I ever saw even today. It's one thing to catch runners napping in the regular season... It's another to catch so many in the post season where runners tend to be much more on alert and cautious with there leads off first. Ofcoarse I say this as a general assumption. I'm sure one or two runners got nervous playing in the post season and played worse than usual. But for the most part to me that many pickoffs over his entire career in the post season is absolutely insane to pull off. It wasn't like Pettites pick off move being that good wasn't well known by every team he faced since his rookie season. I'm sure all the runners he picked off in the post season were warned several times by there coaches about Pettites pick off move before the game. Probably in most cases the first base coach had just warned them again the moment they got to first base and it still didn't matter. With many of the runners that Pettite picked off having no intention of stealing whatsoever. Many were notorious for not stealing with very short leads and despite all of that they still got picked off. .

[@frankiemagee3344]

No Terry Mulholland? Best lefty mover ever

[@historicalgamer3090]

I’m in high school and the other day I saw a righty with the BEST pick I’ve ever seen

[@Code4King]

Fake news

[@TheBboytwister]

Yep! A leftie pitcher such as myself when I played, being a left handed pitcher has HUGE upside. You can fake out the runner really bad!

[@andrewx9728]

Who is editing these videos?

[@thebanzai17]

8.05 If there is a runner, or runners, it is a balk when- (a) The pitcher, while touching his plate, makes any motion naturally associated with his pitch and fails to make such delivery; 1/2 of them are balks

[@maxwell15.]

Bro I am a huge baseball fan! Who else loves these vids?

[@richardsneddeker4599]

literally all of these are balks except the first all the pitchers make forward progress to the plate then throw over

[@benpeltola1364]

0:45 H O W was this not called a balk

[@zioulz3685]

Bc its not?

[@davej3781]

The only potential for a balk I see there is a crossover balk... But it really doesn't look like it to me. Watch Bumgarner at :10 and :32 for fairly clear examples

[@콩찰스-v2j]

Terry Mulholland was the best!

[@nobodyaskedbut]

All you historically challenged baseball fans the greatest pick-off move belonged to the greatest LH pitcher of all-time. Warren Spahn (1942-1965) won 363 games & won 20 in a season 13 times!! He was called for a balk only 5 times in over 5200 innings & led the NL in PKOs 7 times but even more impressive is he finished 8 seasons (all 246+ IP) with more PKOs than allowed SBs. Other great PKO moves belonged to these LHers: Steve Carlton (144 PKOs & 90 balks); Mark Buehrle (98 PKOs & 16 balks); Andy Pettitte (96 PKOs & 11 balks); Clayton Kershaw (68 PKOs & 20 balks). Only Carlton pitched comparable innings to the great Spahn.

[@jorgerodriguez85]

How is Mark Langston not part of this compilation ?

[@michaelwest2405]

Why do players hold their glove up after tagging like the umpire doesn’t know he has the ball in the glove 😂😂

[@davej3781]

because that's what they are supposed to do. after a tag the umpire must be sure of where the ball is before calling the out, and will often say to the fielder "show me the ball" if he hasn't already. the umpire who fails to do this eventually ends up embarrassed, possibly in a video on youtube.

[@matthewsalter9132]

Trash Can could not save Altuve here 0:01

[@JackHerncall]

Stop saying that. We all know they cheated so you can stop saying that

[@loganroberts1761]

@@JackHerncall Houston fan 😁

[@KentlandVFD33]

Jack Herncall people will talk about it for years

[@yeetusbeetus4950]

@@JackHerncall nope they cheated and we will keep making fun of them until the end of time

[@matthewsalter9132]

@@JackHerncall Somebody's butt hurt and better get used to it because it is never going away 😂😂

[@deecarroll2394]

Where's max fried he's got one of the best pick off moves in baseball right now

[@Legendary-zh9hd]

i thought u had to take your foot off the rubber to throw the ball towards 1st. Only the first one actually did.

[@briggs9313]

Legendary0425 nope

[@alanhess9306]

Legendary0425, No, it is perfectly legal for a pitcher to step and throw to any base from the rubber.

[@rpheckenkamp]

Can someone help me understand why #2 isn't a balk? Was there a rule change?

[@davej3781]

nothing to understand, it's a balk, just wasn't called. bumgarner gets away with that cross-over.

[@briggs9313]

U can go 45°

[@davej3781]

@@briggs9313 this has nothing to do with the step or 45 anything. If any part of the pitcher's free foot crosses the back edge of the rubber, he can only pitch to the batter or throw/feint to 2B. He can no longer throw to 1B or 3B. Cross-over balk.

[@Rockhound6165]

Not 1 from Terry Mullholland?

[@kiillllua]

urias was a clear balk

[@Firebourn94]

How many of these would be called balks with today's rules

[@silvershock82]

What do you mean by today? A lot of these were in the last 3 seasons lmao

[@buckstraw925]

No Terry Mulholland?

[@JiveDadson]

A couple of those looked balky to me.

[@duyla248]

Where’s Jon Lester? Oh wait…

[@henrywolff5669]

You forgot about Tippy Martinez picking off three batters in one inning. He’s my neighbor btw

[@mattcarleton8]

Lit

[@aidanscorner847]

Nice Altuve

[@sosuapimp8449]

No Dave Righetti Yankees?

[@hachadorada]

Would be more interesting if you would show replays in order to see the movements. You can't really appreciate the moves, or learn anything from it by just playing them one after another...

[@bearswin4]

Iguchi was safe no?

[@muh6949]

ボークのルールがいまいち分からないけど全部ボークに見える

[@peachykeen3194]

ボークは野球の一番イライラしてるルールと思うや。絶対直すべきや、ランナーを守るために。

[@김민서-j8g]

I want to be a left handed pitcher

[@davej3781]

2:48 very close to obstruction.

[@davej3781]

0:10 & 0:32 - how can that not be a cross-over balk? we don't have a good side view, but looking at where his knee, arm, leg and foot appear to be, he's got to be past the back edge of the rubber. Rule 6.02 (a )(1) Comment: If a left-handed or right-handed pitcher swings his free foot past the back edge of the pitcher’s rubber, he is required to pitch to the batter except to throw to second base on a pick-off play.

[@samking3844]

2:27 safe?

[@schamysports4058]

Nope out

[@dizbeest14]

Don’t you mean EVERY left handed pickoff

[@Frenite]

I’m thirsty

[@sparkynate91]

I'm a left hander and I broke my high school record for pickoffs AND I STILL HOLD THE RECORD TODAY FOR MY ENTIRE CITY even after 11 years! I was dubbed the deadliest pitcher in my city

[@so-ug2wq]

これ全部ボークじゃないのはランナーかわいそうだよ

[@asroma134]

日本人ですか？ ボークって知ってますか？ これはボークではありませんよ？

[@aldiprs]

Isn't that a balk?

[@eucxl5097]

2:52 interference?

[@alanhess9306]

How?

[@davej3781]

@@alanhess9306 he means obstruction by #15 (closer to 2:49 though), and yeah, as I commented awhile ago, it was pretty close to obstruction. the runner was beat, so I side with not calling it, but R1 was running around #15 before he caught the ball so calling OBS wouldn't have been wrong.

[@OfficialOneTakeJake]

Tyler Andersons is best

[@midrangetorque]

A lot of those weren't "pick offs." They were steal attempts on first movement. Not trying to be a troll. Just sayin'.

[@Parker_P]

A lot of us don’t give a shit. Just sayin

[@Isaacnahfam]

People watching this in 2024

[@willshipley8803]

1:14 his leg obviously crossed which is a balk

[@deezee8508]

Because it's Andy Pettitte.

[@daveh1758]

Anybody thinking that's "obviously" a balk obviously doesn't know the actual rule.

[@davej3781]

I see no crossover at all there. There were crossover balks in this video, but that wasn't one of them. The non-pivot foot has to go behind the back edge of the rubber

[@888jerm888]

Show some pickoffs from RIGHT-HANDED pitchers. I think every single pickoff is from a southpaws hand 🖐

[@MAMP]

I'm no expert but 0:49 seems suspect as fuck

[@Southpawpitcher3]

don't have buzzers or banging trashcans for pickoffs I see

[@dylanashe3659]

3:25, bad call, this was a balk

[@williamcondon7710]

Urias balked

[@aa-bl9bp]

ボークだろ

[@b.j.andtheaffordables4979]

#andypettite4HOF

[@mbuckholz]

I'm left handed and hold my highschool record for most pickoffs in one game, 13😂

[@davej3781]

that seems a little hard to believe. that's 4-1/3 innings of pick-offs in a 7 inning game. you allowed an awful lot of baserunners, but somehow picked almost all of them off first? the runners or the coach never tightened up their leads, seeing that your pickoff move was that great, but you were pitching so poorly that almost everyone was getting on base so there was no point in trying to steal? I suppose any crazy thing is possible, but it really doesn't add up.

[@zizonarsenal]

보크아닌가

[@rshrsh5420]

For the sake of all the viewers here PLEASE stop putting up other videos to click on until the video we watch is completely done? thanks

[@cxucxsixn]

these are all balks fym