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This slo-mo video of a knuckleball strikeout by Baltimore’s Mickey Jannis is a thing of beauty

This is a thing of beauty

The Baltimore Orioles, who are off to an awful start again this season, called up 33-year-old Mickey Jannis yesterday for his first stint in the major leagues.

The fun thing about Jannis, who became the third oldest player in Orioles history to make his MLB debut last night, is that he throws an absolutely wicked knuckleball.

Last night he got thrown to the fire a bit and gave up seven runs to the Houston Astros in 3.1 innings of relief. The Orioles lost the game, 13-0, and are on pace to lose over 100 games this season.

But let’s forget about all of that for a second and just watch this beautiful knuckleball strikeout by Jannis:

That’s art.

MLB fans loved it.

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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The Orioles shared an absolutely mesmerizing slow-motion video of a knuckleball

Can’t stop watching.

Unless you’re a huge Baltimore Orioles fan, odds are that you don’t know much about pitcher Mickey Jannis. The 33-year-old has spent his entire career bouncing between independent ball and the minor leagues.

But his status with the team has little to do with the absolutely incredible footage that Jannis helped provide over the weekend.

Jannis is a knuckleball pitcher, which is a rarity in today’s game with Steven Wright being the most recent knuckleball pitcher on a big-league roster (and he’s been a free agent since 2019). Still, we’re glad that Jannis was able to showcase his knuckler against the Tiger because the Orioles video team was all over it.

Look at this slow-motion video of Jannis’ knuckleball:

It doesn’t even look real.

I’m not sure what was more impressive: the pitch or the camerawork. Either way, I can’t stop watching.

Jannis pitched one inning on Saturday and gave up one run on two hits. That pitch was incredible, though.

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