Tag: Knuckleball

A Twins minor-leaguer has an absolutely mesmerizing slow-motion video of his knuckleball

This is art.

There is nothing more fun than a knuckleball, which — thank goodness — made its way back into the Majors thanks to Matt Waldron throwing one earlier this season for the San Diego Padres.

That is, there’s nothing more fun EXCEPT a slow-motion video of a knuckleball, which isn’t supposed to rotate much or at all to achieve its desired effect: To dart and move unexpectedly.

So, here you go: A slow motion knuckleball from Minnesota Twins prospect Cory Lewis. It’s incredible, a black-and-white slow mo video that makes the ball look like it’s floating. We wished it would finish to see it hit the catcher’s glove right in the strike zone, but it’s OK.

This is art:

 

A Padres pitcher’s knuckleball looks so mesmerizing in slow motion

Celebrate the return of the knuckleball to MLB with this amazing video.

It’s time to have a huge celebration.

That’s right: THE KNUCKLEBALL IS BACK IN THE MAJORS!

Not since 2021, when we saw Mickey Jannis throw one for the Baltimore Orioles, have we seen the pitch that barely rotates, floating through the air before diving all over the place and flummoxing hitters.

This one belongs to San Diego Padres hurler Matt Waldron, who was called up by the team and pitched on Saturday against the Washington Nationals. It wasn’t the only pitch type he threw — dude can throw sliders, sinkers, fastballs, you name it — but he apparently tossed the knuckler over a dozen times.

That included one slow-motion pitch that had everyone in awe:

An Edgertronic video of Orioles prospect Mickey Jannis’ knuckleball doesn’t even look real

What is this sorcery?

The way Major League Baseball has trended in recent years with pitchers throwing harder and with more movement than ever before, it’s almost unfathomable for a knuckleball pitcher to break onto a big-league club.

But 33-year-old Orioles prospect Mickey Jannis might get his chance in the near future.

Jannis has spent his entire baseball career in the minors, but he’s finally back in Triple-A and putting up impressive numbers with the Norfolk Tides — a 2.75 ERA in 19.1 innings.

He’s doing all that with an absolutely ridiculous knuckleball. We’re constantly hearing about pitchers and spin rate. Well, Jannis is all about minimizing spin rate to essentially nothing.

Just look at how knuckleball appears in an Edgertronic video:

That poor, poor catcher.

These cameras can capture 2,252 frames per second at high-def resolutions, which seems super cool. It’s especially cool when a knuckleball is involved. It almost doesn’t look real.

I hope Jannis gets his shot in the majors soon because baseball needs more videos like this.

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