MLB Position Players Pitching in Close Games

[@nate5353]

For those who don't know the guy who got the outfield assist (Velasquez) in the third clip is actually a pitcher.

[@Rivet_Head242]

He actually made two great plays in that inning. A real athlete.

[@marcels_wine9602]

Orioles might as well use their position players to pitch their games

[@ctymko7820]

rip

[@user-wh1hh8eq6o]

That’s a big oof

[@gyra732]

lol

[@danielfrankel5811]

As an orioles fan I don’t feel to good about that

[@candybros2116]

Chris Davis has more success pitching than hitting

[@sandravilla94]

He is good at hitting tho

[@mike_card4336]

Cmon I was just about to write that comment I had to steal it 🤣

[@MikeJr9284]

Chris Davis used to be good at hitting.

[@r10amboi26]

I agreed

[@colynsowers7917]

😂😂I know right

[@Bbeaucha88]

That one where Andrew Romine pitched, that was the game where he became the 5th player to play all 9 positions within a single game. That was a fun game to watch.

[@jpsned]

A lot of people think it would be easy to hit position players' pitches. But when you're up there and you're used to 90-100 mph pitches, and suddenly you're facing a guy throwing 60-80 mph, it can be a very difficult adjustment.

[@davidcaceres9184]

But those are basically off-speed pitches so it's not that hard

[@Jay_Force_One]

It’s not that they’re necessarily hard to “hit”. Seeing and hitting 80 is much easier than seeing and hitting a 99 MPH breaking 2-Seam. The problem is that when they hit it, they can’t do much with it. I could go on for hours about why that is (wooden bats, exit velocities, etc) The REAL reason why they do this is simply to save the Bullpen. They either didn’t have any pitchers OR they have a much more important game coming up and they wanted to save their arms for that. They can just throw a position player out there, who can essentially just force them to fly/ground out and not be subjected to Pitchers Rest (they are subjected, but since he won’t pitch again probably ever, it doesn’t matter).

[@jpsned]

@@Jay_Force_One All good points, Jordan. Thanks!

[@ShaggyRogers1]

@@jpsned Another big thing with position players pitching is accuracy. Pitchers spend insane hours on the mound just to work on getting their pitches to fly exactly where they want them to. Position players on the mound are going to be throwing all around the strike zone without trying.

[@JB-vi8xt]

Chris Davis should be switched to a pitcher so his contract can actually be worth it

[@supthegoat8587]

LOL

[@TheGuyWithTheSniper]

The Reverse Rick Ankiel haha

[@charlieberlack]

Worst Video Games Player I live in Baltimore and I would be ok with that

[@whywhy3289]

That splitter was legit.

[@juliantorres3239]

3:17 goins has good two seam movement on his fastball lowkey

[@Rivet_Head242]

This is one of the many beauties about Baseball. I love it when things like this happen. Great video !

[@farrellshoemake7684]

It should be called, "Position Players Pitching When Everyone Wants To Go Home"

[@cardohuncho]

Now why would you run on a pitcher that’s playing in the outfield? 💀

[@adriansookai]

Ikr like imagine a guy like trever Bauer who can throw 108 when not pitching in the outfield or at 3rd

[@SadMarinersFan]

@@adriansookai Bauer can throw fowl pole to fowl pole in Diamondbacks park. He's insanely strong.

[@calebeurich9896]

@Andrew Behrend fowl?

[@SadMarinersFan]

@@calebeurich9896 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3u4ZqOqgbSiqqs There's other videos of him throwing further but this is a showcase of his warmups. During them, he will do long toss and usually it ends with him throwing all the way from the left fowl pole to the right fowl pole.

[@chaserenteria913]

You should have mentioned while Roman Quinn was pitching for the Phillies Vince Velasquez was in left

[@cadenjesch291]

I remember that game where ronan Quinn pitched for the phillies

[@cadenjesch291]

Roman*

[@joemarinaro8033]

Why didn’t Velazquez just pitch?

[@juliantorres3239]

And when the pitcher Vince Velazquez played in left field in the same inning

[@mitchellb2663]

Joe Marinaro he pitched like the day or two before

[@Galilee1964]

The last one - Brent Mayne did get the win. I actually emailed Brent about adding a chapter to his Website and he answered me. I still have the email and that was from over 10 years ago.

[@El_Diego1999]

The Red Sox were so bad in 2012 they couldn't even score a run against pitcher Chris Davis LMFAOOOOOOOOO

[@mattanderson1608]

DC Yankee yeah but they were soooooo good in 2018, cruised through the playoffs, especially the ALDS. LMFAOOOOO

[@joshcline9539]

@@mattanderson1608 yeah but this was 2012

[@mattanderson1608]

scxnic not really. My giants were 2012 champions I’m sure you recall.

[@theofficiallongggchicken1734]

scxnic cant accept facts

[@PaulieWalnuts1776]

@scxnic DC Yankee is the salty one lmao. Has to bring up a bad season from 8 years ago because the Yankees haven’t won anything in recent memory

[@seanmagee5724]

2:00 they have a position player on the mound, and a pitcher in the outfield.

[@monabalona4861]

Sometimes I wish Vinny was just an outfielder

[@traviscashman800]

Anyone notice how the guy trucks the catcher for no reason just cuz he was mad lol

[@pudding126]

Saw that

[@braedenbowman8486]

1:55 the throw from a pitcher in the outfield is so smooth

[@ejayliao00]

Wow, in the phillies white sox game, there's a pitcher fielding outfield and a fielder pitching on the mound... Interesting

[@TheBrainSpecialist]

So that's how Jeff Mathis has stayed in the league Two-way prowess

[@nohaerrr]

when your best pitcher is a position player

[@nohey7096]

I was at that Indians vs Blue Jays game where Barney and Goins pitched. Probably the most boring game in my life XD. Sadly the Jays lost and I’m a Jays fan.

[@rajivaggarwal9267]

I was at the twins game and the guy who pitched played every position in that game

[@rodprops]

Wow

[@clarenceboddicker1162]

It’s now more likely that we will see this in a postseason game than a regular season game. It would be pretty hard for a team to run out of pitchers now with the runner on second starting the tenth inning, it’s going to be pretty rare for a team to hav to throw more than 12 innings. With the three batter minimum we won’t see as any pitchers coming in to face one batter. All of these games went14-18 innings

[@joesavary6081]

Chris Davis deserves props

[@kylejonas3875]

That first one was 3 up 3 down in what looked like batting practice

[@jonathonlieber9864]

I watched that whole white sox vs. Phillies game😂 it was exciting at the end

[@MultiSkins4life]

Chris Davis can’t hit anymore, maybe he should convert to being a pitcher 🤔

[@PaulieWalnuts1776]

Reverse Rick Ankiel lol

[@nolanhill11]

When a position player throws a fastball on the mound it reminds me of Greinkes curve 😂

[@jjcucumber75]

Where is Wilson Valdez pitching the 19th for the Phillies against the Reds in a 4-4 ballgame

[@eck4269]

I'm quite knew to baseball so I'm just wondering. Is this a tactical choice or forced by a lack of available pitchers (due to injuries, length of the game ect.)

[@platypus1738]

The latter

[@benmaher9055]

Yes, it is usually because of a lack of pitchers left after a game going on for so long

[@thrasher2809]

There are usually only two reasons a team would do this: either the game's very deep into extra innings and they've used up their set of "normal" pitchers for the game, OR the team in question is down by so many runs that it's not worth using a "normal" pitcher.

[@ryancarroll1697]

Both

[@davidrivera9743]

I remember at least one cardinal-met game from not all that long ago where the cards needed a position player to pitch in a long extra inning game.

[@user-ff6lc1sl4l]

The first half of the video is just the Orioles not giving a shit anymore

[@rodprops]

😱😂😂

[@Akash-lg7fs]

I was at that jays cram crazy atmosphere

[@goated2530]

No one gonna talk about the nasty slider from chris davis?

[@billtony5191]

Those aren’t sliders 😂

[@rodprops]

@@billtony5191 😂😂

[@slaymyface1357]

Damn the orioles player is better than the entire pitching staff

[@bfootballcards]

The orioles just said “screw it, were tired”

[@mathiasschutte8615]

Incredible job

[@eauhomme]

This just proves what I have always believed. What we often call good pitching is really good defense, and it is often harmful to a ballclub to forgo defense in lieu of offense.

[@elijahmayville2454]

Love the vids!

[@JakobCerasuolo]

Me too

[@cgk1276]

Another rare, but interesting quirk of the game completely killed by Manfred.

[@noahkiflai7464]

Chris Davis did something good lol

[@robloxadventurers3957]

Nice vid

[@i_own_adog]

Sure they're close games. But the Orioles have nothing to lose

[@bradenhetzel874]

Dang these chris davis comments are brutal 💀

[@jaxbham3689]

I was at the first game and we left at 1:30 am

[@demcanes9488]

53 miles per hour, what the.....

[@maybeokie]

The orioles position players are better pitchers than their actual pitchers

[@jakerittlinger440]

That's because the turtle pooped in my pants

[@_oam_]

Imagine striking out to non pitcher

[@elennet4116]

I feel starting pitchers are overrated They need to limit the number of pitches per player or per innings The game should shift towards high scoring batting game

[@gilliganallmighty3]

I am going to go out on a limb that at least 99 out of 100 games with position players pitching are "close" games. Due to them being marathon games that use up the entire bullpen.

[@joshcabrera7212]

99 out of 100 times its blowouts where the losing team just wants to save their pitchers for games they have a chance at winning

[@loopchimpncs6798]

🎚️♨♨🎙🎧 🎧🎧

[@one_and_only_byrone4414]

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