10 nasty new pitches worth watching this year

Plus: From nearly quitting baseball to a slam

Saturday, April 04 View In Browser  TOP NEWS 10 new pitches that hitters will dread   Pitchers often tinker with new pitches during Spring Training before abandoning them when the season starts, but there are some interesting offerings that we've seen in real games during the first week. Griffin helps Pirates raise Jolly Roger with RBI double in 1st career AB He pondered retirement. A day later, he made the team. Now, he hit his 1st slam Soto to have MRI after early exit in Mets' much-needed outburst DeLauter's latest clutch moment felt 'like a dream come true' Suit up, show out: Judge, Yanks take care of business in home opener That'll do it! Ohtani's 1st homer ignites rest of lineup in 5-homer rout of Nats Willson's way on display in home opener with cocksure challenge, and a wallop Top of order breaks out to make 10-run statement after early slump Former top prospects Skenes, Henderson remind Griffin 'you’re here for a reason' MORE TOP NEWS PERSONALIZE STORIES TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Kyle Schwarber   460 ft 5th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Junior Caminero   114 mph 1st Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Andrés Muñoz   100.1 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Braves   34.4% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Kyle Schwarber   460 ft 5th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Junior Caminero   114 mph 1st Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Andrés Muñoz   100.1 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Braves   34.4% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Chase DeLauter 5 HR are most by CLE player in 1st 7 career regular-season games Konnor Griffin 4th teenager with BB and RBI in debut since 1920 Francisco Alvarez 5th multi-HR game as catcher, tied for 3rd-most in MLB since 2023 Kyle Schwarber 4th 460+ foot homer since start of 2025, most in MLB Eduardo Rodriguez 0 ER allowed in 12 innings to open '26 season PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY You need luck. You need talent. Sometimes, you need both, as Cody Bellinger demonstrates. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS Nephew steals the show at uncle's first start Giants No. 21 prospect Daniel Susac had quite the night against the Mets in his first MLB start, singling three times and drawing a walk. But it was his nephew Chuck who had the viral moment. Look who's scorching Whether it’s traditional stats or Statcast metrics, if you’ve given this season’s numbers at least a cursory look, one name at the very top of most leaderboards might not be surprising. Blue looks good on you Kyle Tucker hit his first Dodgers homer in the club's new blue jerseys -- the first time the franchise will have a blue top in its regular uniform rotation on the road. Olympic hockey gold medalists throw first pitch at Yankees' opener Fresh off leading Team USA to Olympic glory, Jack Hughes and Aerin Frankel delivered ceremonial first pitches ahead of the Yankees’ home opener on Friday. Blue Jays vs. White Sox on MLB Network Vlad Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays are in Chicago to battle Colson Montgomery and the White Sox at 2 p.m. ET. (Subject to local blackout) Don’t miss a moment with MLB Big Inning Jump around the action with Big Inning! Featuring extensive live look-ins of games in progress and breaking highlights of all the biggest moments from the biggest stars at 8 p.m. ET. MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD LAD 13 WSH 6 STL 0 DET 4 MIA 2 NYY 8 SD 2 BOS 5 TOR 4 CWS 5 CIN 5 TEX 3 CHC 1 CLE 4 TB 4 MIN 10 PHI 10 COL 1 BAL 4 PIT 5 SEA 3 LAA 1 HOU 4 ATH 11 ATL 2 AZ 0 NYM 10 SF 3 © 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (geoffgould.gr8iphone@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@marketing.mlbemail.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe  or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.