Who's the BEST ROOKIE PITCHER?

[@AndreDeSimone-dy1cz]

Gil doing this coming off of TJS and almost being the odd man out in Spring Training is just insane

[@zsutton6687]

Yankees don't even have Cole yet and if they add to the pen they could really make some noise. Gil has allowed them to really let Cole tske his time.

[@Messimiles9]

@@zsutton6687Clarke just got hurt so not sure bout that

[@zsutton6687]

@@Messimiles9 just a lat strain, everything coming out is just saying it is minor and be cautious.

[@Messimiles9]

@@zsutton6687 still gonna be a couple weeks

[@zsutton6687]

@@Messimiles9 bullpen is still a larger issue. Schmidt will be back lol` bullpen has been shaky at times

[@Thibs1082]

Skenes only thru 97 pitches yesterday. I can't wait to see him throw a complete game. He doesn't waste many pitches, and a lot of the called balls are really questionable.

[@zsutton6687]

Man I wish the Pirates dumbass owners would really back this club

[@CarsAcrossTexas]

Jorge Lopez didn’t trash the Mets he said he feels like he’s the worst teammate in mlb.

[@MoneyMakinMachine1738]

Will just casually dropping a "No Diddy" 💀💀

[@reggieyork8042]

Been waiting all morning for this video to drop

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

Went a little long today so it took longer to edit. Sorry for the wait!

[@remnow]

Skenes is a major problem for hitters. I couldn't believe how accurate he's painting his heat, not just throwing 40+ 100mph pitches, but continues to have a splinker that's still 94mph that breaks like a change up last second, a nasty slider that breaks other way, and then he literally paints his fastball on edges where he wants, and can make it run 2 seam style on command?!?. He really had a perfect game going in his 2nd start ever till umpire ruined it calling clear strikes balls. Mason is amazing as well and deserves all the respect he's getting, he seems like a nail in coffin type closer. Before yesterday Imanaga was on pace to stay under 1.00 which is insane but he finally had a bad game. I think both him and the "moto" from LA are the truth as well. Lots of good pitching this year, just have to see more games. On Cy young... From a betting perspective there is some value in Tyler Glasnow now that his odds are nearing +1k while his era got hit hard if you look at stats he's still the 3rd best in mlb on opp avg at .174, whip a disgusting 0.91. The biggest weakness is pitch calling (and or tipping?) that has got him in trouble a few times. They clean this up , sequence some things different maybe his whip goes up but his era will nosedive.

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

You pointed out exactly why Skenes is so good. It's not just his overpowering stuff...it's his command AND overpowering stuff, plus his pitching intelligence and mound presence. He was a catcher, so he's really good at reading hitters and is a competitor.

[@remnow]

@@PitchingNinjaVideos I always forget that he was a catcher, those are some great points, his perspective is going to be different in a great way! that is wild to think about people running on him lol. He's the only person I clear schedule to watch right now, can't wait till next start!

[@kasjams2216]

Every time there's a title like this I think it's an actual video on that topic. Not that filthiest pitches is ever a bad thing, but like this and the Yamamoto curveball video title I was thinking it would be a discussion just on the topic. Which I mean that would be cool if there were also videos like that too.

[@mastercko]

Ninja and Will, you gotta update your comments on Lopez. He said "I was looking like the worst teammate in the whole MLB", not on the worst team. A lot of people misconstrued his comment in this way due to his accent, but he clarified later.

[@greyfox3931]

Gil has been doing outstanding.

[@avrivah1101]

Seth Lugo at +1700 for Cy Young is insane. Don't get that at all.

[@Kompensisco_Editz]

I don't think Blake Trienen is a real human

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

I tend to agree with you.

[@JP-114]

Its the way he does it looking like hes not trying. That ball is like voodoo.magic 😅

[@J0hn042]

Skubal, Skenes and Gil 🤯 I’d take them to war right now against any team in a 3 game series. Just the 4 of us fielding and hitting ball wouldn’t leave the infield we’d bunt for the 1-0 😂 great video this 🥷🏼🙏🏼

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

Can't disagree with you re those 3. Crazy good stuff.

[@J0hn042]

@@PitchingNinjaVideos so many good rotations, relievers, closers and you rarely miss any and if you do they get there props and love it. Great channel man really quality stuff clearly hard work paying off well done 💪🏼 to all involved

[@dylanknapp6462]

We are all in agreement that skenes will likely need a surgery within 5 seasons, right? Young guy throwing 101 for 5+ innings, combined with lots of horizontal break… his lasting career would be more impressive than ANY acheivement this season.

[@joshisdead4204]

He’s a big enough body hopefully he lasts a while. We’ve seen Randy Johnson do similar things for a long time with a much thinner frame. Not as fast no but I’d argue that Johnson has some of the nastiest movement on his fastballs ever. So I think in this case we can be hopeful. And even if he will ALWAYS have a career as a absolute shut down bullpen arm. That’s a pretty good worst case scenario if you ask me

[@bradykeith3383]

Lopez said worst teammate I think

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

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[@msjkid14]

It's crazy how they didn't have a translator for him and surprise surprise they completely misinterpreted what he said. Also dealing with his son being extremely sick and waiting for a transplant. Sometimes it's hard to see the person behind the uniform.

[@matthewhorton6951]

Brewers fan but it kinda hurt seeing us beat up Shota last night. Dude seems like a real bro and is freaking hilarious

[@jackreilly4427]

No it didn’t. Felt good to get to him.

[@yerty770]

I think Jorge Lopez is saying he has been the worst teammate in the league and the interviewer misunderstood him

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

We debated that (That's what I initially thought) but if you look further it seems that he actually confirmed he said team. Gelbs gave him a chance to clarify.

[@msjkid14]

@@PitchingNinjaVideos hard to clarify something if you can't understand it completely without a translator.

[@jesusm2159]

I say mason Miller, but iam A's fan

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

I certainly wouldn't argue against Mason Miller.

[@jesusm2159]

@PitchingNinjaVideos yes it looks he might be getting more comfortable but let's see when hitters finally get used to him and time him better

[@J0hn042]

Gore beginning to look like a pitcher traded for Soto. Gil the Yankees got him for a few bags of rosin and Jake Cave and he’s looking like Cole 🔥 aren’t trades funny 😂 watched the double header yesterday Skubal then Skenes it was a good day.

[@pistolpeter99]

Lopez said "I've been" the every poopy media outlet proceeds to misinterpret "Teammate" just as "Team" bc he says it like "Teamay", then gets cut then doubles down bc an organization cutting him for that is the THE WORST TEAM

[@will.leahey]

One minute later, interview says "just to clarify, you said you're ON the worst team?" To which he responds "Yea, probably." Its on the internet, help yourself. Tried posting here but YT doesn't allow links in comments anymore. Will be on the video tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by.

[@brandonlm0125]

Pittsburgh office seeing nothing but dollar signs instead of potentially being competitive again.

[@LetTheWrite1inn]

Yeah no shot they retain skenes long term

[@brandonlm0125]

@@LetTheWrite1inn I hate that you’re 99% probably correct.

[@mmclaurin8035]

Once pitch replay or an automatic pitch computer or whatever is installed, Skenes' stats will only get better

[@lunardestruction]

ngl, i fully know who Andre 3000 is, but when i first though of Andre 3000 i was thinking about Andre the giant as well for some reason

[@SSJRadioBluth]

The Witch cackled as Lopez tossed his mitt. BlaQQQ Tereinanon is back baby!!! I think Miller is probably the filthiest rookie this season, but Skenes is very quickly closing the gap. Dude is gross. But Miller is eating five day old taco Bell and holding on to the rail in the restroom levels of filth.

[@PigmyN1nja]

How is Skubal the obvious AL Cy Young favorite when he has almost identical stats to Gil?

[@chiefpizza7905]

Lopez did not say that the mets are the worst team, he said he was the worst teammate

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

He had a chance to clarify it and apparently repeated it according to Steve Gelbs (we edited out me saying that he was misunderstood, after reading that confirmation from other Mets journalists), but I do also agree he deserves forgiveness because of both the language barrier and his son his dealing with health issues. Also he's apparently a really good dude.

[@chiefpizza7905]

I will admit that I thought he said team when I first heard him, but then when he posted that he said teammate, I went back and watched. And while it was hard to determine what he said after team, it did sound like mare​@PitchingNinjaVideos

[@will.leahey]

@@chiefpizza7905 One minute later, interviewer says "just to clarify, you said you're ON the worst team?" To which he responds "Yea, probably." Its on the internet, help yourself. Tried posting here but YT doesn't allow links in comments anymore.

[@chiefpizza7905]

@@will.leahey ah ok good to know. Always need to find full context. Thanks will

[@solitaryman777]

@@will.leahey wait, so if this guy needs a translator, is it fair to play gotcha with a context question? Did he understand the distinction of what the interviewer was asking? Seems up for debate

[@Hillbilly6548]

Lopez said 'teammate' not 'team'. He was talking about himself.

[@will.leahey]

False. In the same interview, he later doubles down, you can find it online.

[@msjkid14]

@@will.leahey False. He literally didn't have a translator and they misinterpreted what he said.

[@SRTJamo]

@@msjkid14damn, if that’s true that’s sad asf

[@will.leahey]

@@msjkid14 One minute later, interviewer says "just to clarify, you said you're ON the worst team?" To which he responds "Yea, probably." Its on the internet, help yourself. Tried posting here but YT doesn't allow links in comments anymore. Will be on the video tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by.

[@msjkid14]

@@will.leahey tl;dr

[@scipio7]

Rookies are dominating because they're the only decent pitchers whose arms haven't literally fallen off their bodies yet.

[@cantkillmetal666]

Hot take - the Brewers somehow will manage to trade for Gore.

[@DakodaOK]

Skenes for seven, Miller for two = enjoy your two-hit game, chumps.

[@johnnyeaton]

"Rookie" isn't a true term when it's professionals coming from Asia.

[@J0hn042]

And I don’t have much more to say on Luis Gil it’s beginning to get ridiculous he wasn’t even meant to be here 😂 and he might just win awards 🤭 I’m not saying anymore 🤐

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

He's a flat out stud.

[@josharlund9630]

No love for the Gasser!!!!

[@PeterChan-u9z]

Ninja I’m going to comment every day until you put Ryan Fernandez’s sword on Spencer steer from Tuesday on

[@YooperMan906]

No Robert Gasser is criminal.

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

Need to see more innings from him.

[@YooperMan906]

@@PitchingNinjaVideos ill be patiently waiting ninja 🫠

[@rags15061]

Skenes = ROY

[@LetTheWrite1inn]

Shota has been better

[@dominicguzzardi6115]

luis gil not being filthiest pitcher of the day is criminal!!

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

Why? He's great. He wasn't "filthy" per se yesterday...most of his Ks were on his heater. Got no swings and misses on his changeup yesterday, which would be more of most folks' definition of filthy. Skenes Splinker? That's filthy. Treinen's Slider? That's filthy. Gil was more domination than filthy.

[@luzerpollak8368]

⁠​⁠@@PitchingNinjaVideosif 8 innings 1 run 9k’s is not filthy then what is?

[@SSJRadioBluth]

​@@luzerpollak8368dominant. Filthy is when you see someone look completely lost. Like Lindor did. When they're whiffing so hard on a ball or something down the middle like Miller did the other day and the announcers just laughed. 🤣 That's disgusting. It literally touched his bat and ignored it and went straight through into the catchers mitt not a visible inch of movement, you hear sound. But it literally just went straight through like the bat was insignificant. That's filthy.

[@GCLU]

@@PitchingNinjaVideos Might have been if he didn't give up that homer. 8 innings with 0 runs would have been nice.

[@cevbyssdvg]

Here after 7 runs in 1.2 vs baltimore😂😂😂

[@Cornwall1298]

What are your thoughts on players like Shota and Yamamoto being eligible for Rookie of the Year despite their years of experience in the NPB? It's always been an interesting discussion, because sure they are rookies in the MLB - but they have far more experience and are much more developed than rookies who came up through the minors - Skenes, Jones, Miller, Gil, etc.

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

Yep--it's tough. I get the categorization. And Yamamoto is pretty much the age of a lot of rookies (he's only 25, despite being one of the most decorated pitchers in NPB history). But they're definitely not "rookies" in a traditional sense that they played at the highest level of baseball in their country. I don't like that it, by the name, almost demeans the quality of play in NPB in some people's minds...but clearly that's not the intention. It's more like a newcomer award. I do think of Skenes, Jones, Miller, Gil, etc as more true rookies in my mind, if not in terms of the award. On the flip side, Yamamoto and Imanaga do face a lot of adjustments coming over to MLB, so I get it. I could argue it either way. LOL. I'm a lawyer, it's what I do.

[@xxSLAV33xx]

Gil surprisingly low on the Cy Young odds.

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

Totally. I made that point a couple videos ago as well. It's almost definitely due to the fact that at some point there'd be some innings limit...but, I mean, he's so damn good!

[@xaviergrimaldi4296]

Stop disrespecting Mitchel Parker!

[@DaneofHalves]

Of course the rookies are doing well. They haven't thrown enough MLB yet to work themselves to TJ's. Which a majority of pitchers are doing in recent years.

[@Mziff9]

Love from Israel 🇮🇱 go pirates