Spring training is in full swing (and heck, the MLB season is right around the corner!), and here’s the first truly awe-inspiring pitch I’ve seen in the 2022 preseason.
It belonged to Jordan Hicks, the St. Louis Cardinals pitcher known for throwing in the triple digits, sometimes with crazy movement.
On Thursday, while facing the Miami Marlins, he struck out Jazz Chisholm with a pitch that was clocked at a scorching 102 MPH … and it moved out of the strike zone as if it was pulled by a string.
You’ve got to see this thing, and MLB fans reacted exactly how they should have: