Are Kodai Senga's Ghost Forks the Most UNHITTABLE Pitch in MLB?

[@oliverk.8312]

As a baseball watcher, I love Kodai Senga. As a stats enthusiast, I love Kodai Senga. And whenever he throws that beautiful ghost fork, I LOVE Kodai Senga.

[@mitchellsanchez3937]

But do you love Kodai Senga?

[@KenjiMapes]

As a Mets fan & half-Japanese New Yorker I’m ecstatic about Senga. Even though we traded superstar future Hall of Fame but aging pitchers Verlander & Scherzer we are still in decent shape for next year starter wise. We smartly traded them for top prospects & also got younger, more athletic & regained roster/payroll flexibility while widening our contention window which was small with al the older players we jettisoned. We have Senga, Quintana, Megill, Luchessi & Peterson. We have young ascending filthy pitchers in the minors like Blade Tidwell & Mike Vasil too. There is no doubt we will be adding at least 2 top of the rotation starters. Hopefully we sign Japanese ace Yamamoto & someone like Blake Snell or Jordan Montgomery.

[@mariohnyc]

What Kodai has done this season was a best case scenario back when he was signed. He's lived up to the hype and he deserves alot of credit for being able to adjust to everything as quickly as he has.

[@tinemachine9814]

Eury Perez’s velocity looks completely effortless

[@samurai_8917]

tbf he is 6’8, im 6’6 and once you get this big all you gotta do is learn how to sequence your motions and whatever leaves your hand is probably gonna be flames

[@danielodom9305]

It reminds me of graterol and how effortless he throws. Seems like there is almost no follow thru

[@thems_the_brakes]

He should be NL Rookie of the Year! In a year where offensive stats are way up, the fact he's third in ERA is really impressive. And he's gotten better over the year, while the league has adjusted to Corbin Carroll, which says a lot.

[@MrBendylaw]

I have to disagree about ROY, I think we're past the point where we should be treating seasoned players from the NPB as rookies. We aren't signing their rookies; we're signing their professionals.

[@baseballer8370]

@@MrBendylawthat’s actually a really interesting point…until or unless they change the rule I’d still consider him bc he’s eligible but I’ve never thought of that. On one hand NPB is said to be between AAA and mlb level competition so it is a jump up as well as the fact that it’s the MLB NL ROY and he is objectively a rookie to to the mlb. On the other hand a lot of these guys have had 5ish years at “quadruple A” competition level and they’ve been playing professional baseball at a higher level than any other rookie and I do think the foreign leagues deserves the respect of still being their countries highest level professional baseball. There’s a reason people will mention peoples stats combined between MLB and NPB but not between MLB and MILB

[@MrBendylaw]

@@baseballer8370The way I look at it is, the NPB has major league level pitching for sure, and I know this because I watch their staff abuse us and the rest of the world every 4 years. I'm a bit biased on this subject, to be fair, since Hideo Nomo beat out Chipper Jones for ROY many moons ago. In any case, Senga will probably get some votes for Cy Young, and this is exactly what I said before the season started; and that I thought he was probably a greater threat than a washed up Verlander or Scherzer to my Braves. The Japanese system produces some truly evil pitching.

[@anavocado964]

Those Gausman heaters were absolutely beautiful, unfortunately that ump didn't give him a single break

[@luisvargas7511]

I was watching the dbacks and Mets game yesterday and it was so much fun watching senga deal like an absolute boss

[@ROFLBOB24]

I don't even really pay attention to stats, I do the eye test to determine if a pitcher is good. I was thinking "man, Kodai has to be a top 5 pitcher in the NL right now", and it seems like statistically, that is also true.

[@dhundupwangchuk1200]

in the league

[@daryldixon3685]

That Ghost Fork is Ridiculous!!!

[@spencermackay9020]

They're forking unbelievable, he has them on a plate, cuts through hitters like a knife through butter. He can pitch, I bet he could probably bowl too.

[@MultiBlock22]

You were spooning out a lot of compliments there.

[@sojc7144]

Eury Perez barring injuries will be a superstar the next 2 years!! And so does Kodai Senga!!💪⚾️💯🙌

[@tommyj653]

Eury will be a cy young guy next year. He’s crazy

[@tommyj653]

Senga underrated and Eury is ridiculous

[@rogerj21]

Wow Senga only had 58 whiff% yesterday? Definitely a bad outing from the 2024 NL CY winner 😢...😂

[@lc9245]

I hope MLB owners are more careful about NPB pitchers. Sure, they are great players, but cases like Senga are special because he came over just as he hits his prime, loaded with experience and confidence, is proven good pitcher. It remains to be seen how long he can play at a high level. Trying to rob the NPB of their stars only to put them in a difficult position and not succeed can be detrimental to both, and ruin goodwills between the two leagues. Ohtani, for instance, might have lost a couple years of his prime due to playing for the Angels.

[@andrewaaberg482]

Is it racist that my favorite pitchers all seem to come from NPB? Kodai, Kenta, obviously Shohei. I love the stuff they're bringing over!

[@miknak5254]

Pitching Ninja's analysis on the next Japanese import (Yamamoto) is spot on. I wonder which MLB team will be lucky enough to sign him. As a Mariners fan, I would love to see Yamamoto coming to Seattle. As good as Senga is, Yamamoto is even better.

[@HuyNguyen-vj1uw]

That ghost fork is pure filth

[@nicholaswerner8170]

The Randy Johnson bird thing lol... I'm not a serial killer.

[@Myiic]

The Kodai Senga footage is even more impressive to me now that the D-Backs made the World Series

[@holterskolter]

2 games in a row the blue jays getting screwed inthe strike zone. And now they’re behind in the playoff race. Shocking

[@bentaylor4705]

That's brutal for Gausman, those were perfectly executed. 😢

[@andrewhuynh7277]

Gausman was getting robbed on a lot of pitches 😢 but I like the picks ! I’m in !

[@Firefist0123]

painted control and umps called ball

[@ryanbobyan]

0:34 I’ve never seen as filthy a curveball as this one

[@JAI_8]

5:50 “You’re on an express elevator to hell - going down!” Corporal Hudson ( … and all the Diamondback hitters)

[@keyon898]

So the umps ruined my K parlay with Gausman last night

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

Yep--mine too. Very frustrating

[@chiefn8725]

Pitching ninja do you post your picks somewhere?

[@jonrico924]

Kodai was a menace last night DBacks had no chance

[@SRTJamo]

Mets are trash

[@donnyl0907]

@@SRTJamonot as of late

[@airtioteclint]

​@@SRTJamowhat that make the Dbacks?

[@andrewaaberg482]

"Tight Strike Zone" is a really nice way of saying "Macular Degeneration"

[@marcanthonybuchanancastill8039]

Eury Perez could be a threat in two or three years if get more experience and a better team like Braves or Astros

[@shadow_w0lf296]

Anyone know where to get these fancy graphics like at 6:20 ?

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

MLB puts them out occasionally in their articles on mlb.com.

[@JohnWick1090.]

Kodai is playing anime baseball something is unreal about that pitch

[@user-bx1eo1rt8i]

5:45このオーバーレイ美しい。お化けフォークの落差凄くてどうしてもワンパン多くなるからアルビーも身体張ってたね👻🍴

[@PlaySA]

How exactly is a 'ghost fork' different from a splitter?

[@airtioteclint]

Well it's scarier for one thing.

[@tylert558]

Glad ninja sees the truth, King is becoming one of the Yankees better starters.

[@PlaySA]

Poor framing by Gausman's catcher tbh. Obviously they should've been strikes, but the catcher didn't help.

[@eezeepee]

UmpScorecards confirms Gausman was robbed. All 3 most impactful calls were on him.

[@genoinjian7729]

#34 for Yankees is going to have back problems eventually throwing over his leg like James Paxton

[@fixedgames5658]

i dont know about Nola and Steele ,

[@acrophobia7596]

I know Japanese pitcher never get CY Young pride.

[@mikehendrickson85]

...and yet another day of horrible umpiring

[@jimc.goodfellas]

👻🍴

[@grokeffer6226]

Filthy!!! ✌👍👆

[@Deborah-z5j9f4v3]

Words cannot describe how cool it is🔥

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