The nastiest pitch in baseball ... with proof!

Plus: Camera operator gets real close-up of HR

Thursday, June 11 View In Browser  TOP NEWS We now know definitively who has baseball's nastiest pitch   Mason Miller's potent slider easily passes the eye test. But a new Statcast metric gives us the full picture, and it's not pretty for the hitters, who are missing the pitch by nearly a foot on average. Giants go from down 8 to ultimate grand slam walk-off winners! Home Sweet Home on the South Side! Sox move into top Central spot Callihan blasts 1st MLB HR off Ohtani -- and his 2nd lifts Bucs in dramatic rally Walker's breakout continues as Cards top Mets for 6th straight win Lugo gets mound visit from ex-teammate Nimmo, walks off after liner hits head Woo, Bradish set for battle in Mariners-Orioles clash tonight (ESPN, 7 ET) Is Tatis back after walk-off? Padres would argue he never left Harper, Schwarber, Bohm all go deep to back Luzardo's 8-K effort Yanks feeling right at home in Cleveland with convincing sweep of Guards Scherzer notches 3,500th career strikeout, with top 10 all-time in his sights MORE TOP NEWS ADD MLB AS YOUR PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE PERSONALIZE STORIES TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Lawrence Butler   463 ft 7th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Fernando Tatis Jr.   113.4 mph 5th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Elvis Alvarado   100.7 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Giants   61.7% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Lawrence Butler   463 ft 7th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Fernando Tatis Jr.   113.4 mph 5th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Elvis Alvarado   100.7 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Giants   61.7% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Bryce Eldridge Youngest in MLB history with walk-off slam (21 years, 233 days) Jordan Walker 17th homer sets new career high Drew Rasmussen Career-high 13 K’s; 9th in Rays history to record 13+ in an outing Tyler Callihan 1st Pirate to hit 1st 2 career HRs in 1 game since R. Doumit (2005) Byron Buxton 19th game with at least 1 HR/1 SB, tied for most in franchise history PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Bryan Reynolds made a Gold Glove-caliber play in the golden hour. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS Latest Hitter Power Rankings have ANOTHER change at the top The reigning leader has been dethroned for the fourth straight edition, a sign of the impressive offensive displays in 2026. Talk about a dinger! This home run ball has a crash landing If we've learned anything from this week's Brewers-A's series in Vegas, it's that the balls fly there. And this one flew all the way into the center-field camera for a direct hit, startling the poor cameraman. 8 of the nastiest pitches on new miss distance leaderboard We gave you the deep dive on Mason Miller's slider, now here are seven other offerings that routinely flummox hitters. Is that ... Lil Papi? D’Angelo Ortiz -- son of Hall of Famer David Ortiz -- launched his first professional home run in the Red Sox organization. And he enjoyed his trip around the bases. Each team's top performer from the 2025 Draft It didn't take long for prospects from last year's Draft to start impressing in the pro ranks. MLB Pipeline highlights one from each club who has opened eyes. Thursday afternoon baseball on MLB Network Ketel Marte and the D-backs battle Liam Hicks and the Marlins from Miami at 1 p.m. ET (or Twins vs. Tigers). MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD BOS 5 TB 7 NYY 8 CLE 4 WSH 10 SF 11 CIN 4 SD 5 SEA 2 BAL 7 LAD 8 PIT 9 MIN 6 DET 4 AZ 0 MIA 8 PHI 7 TOR 4 STL 9 NYM 2 TEX 6 KC 4 ATL 1 CWS 2 CHC 2 COL 3 MIL 3 ATH 4 HOU 2 LAA 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.