There’s been plenty of complaints in the early going of the 2022 season about MLB switching out the baseballs for a deader, slicker ball. Well, someone should make sure that they didn’t switch out the baseballs for Wiffle balls because that’s what Mets reliever Adam Ottavino had his pitches looking like on Tuesday.
Ottavino entered the game in the sixth inning against the Braves and looked to shut down Atlanta’s rally following a three-run fifth inning. After promptly getting out Travis Demeritte and striking out Dansby Swanson, Ottavino proceeded to have Adam Duvall looking helpless in the batter’s box with an unfair slider.
Adam Ottavino, Ridiculous Sliders. 🛸😳 pic.twitter.com/w3C6j1HqiN
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) May 3, 2022
That’s just cruel. Baseballs aren’t supposed to do that. It looked like a frisbee.
Duvall ended up striking out in the at-bat (all on sliders), but fans really could not get over that one pitch. Duvall didn’t stand a chance.