The San Diego Padres dropped Game 1 of the NLCS to the Phillies, 2-0, on Tuesday night and while Yu Darvish took the loss and gave up a monstrous home run to Kyle Schwarber, he did throw some nasty stuff that was pretty darn cool to watch.
One of those pitches by Darvish, who gave up just three hits in seven innings of work, was an 82 mph slider that Phillies right fielder Nick Castellanos had no chance of touching.
You need to see this behind-the-plate view of that pitch because it will make you wonder how anybody gets a hit off a professional pitcher:
Yu Darvish, Wicked 82mph Slider Movement (home plate view). 🤢 pic.twitter.com/htKc1cMvuG
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) October 19, 2022
That movement is silly. Looks like wiffle ball taking off in the wind.
Twitter was in awe.