SCREWBALL!?! Check out this STUNNING Alien Pitch.

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 เม.ย. 2023
  • My filthiest pitches including:
    Sonny Gray
    Brandon Woodruff
    Felix Bautista
    Jhoan Duran
    Jose Alvarado
    Jason Adam
    and Brent Honeywell and his magic screwball
    Plus Travis Kelce and his first pitch.
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  • @whitecoffee1427
    @whitecoffee1427 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    I get so excited when I see a screwball. I love exotic pitches lol

    • @Tagiau
      @Tagiau ปีที่แล้ว +8

      With the way everyone is throwing their circle changes, everyone throws a screwball now.

    • @peterparker642
      @peterparker642 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ​@Tagiau Thats just wrong... please learn pitch science

    • @Tagiau
      @Tagiau ปีที่แล้ว

      @@peterparker642 Please use whatever bs you made up and called 'pitch science' and tell me the difference between Devin Williams change and this screwball. You'll find out, just like everyone besides you already did, they're identical. Yet can't expect someone who's not even out of grade school to know that. Come back to this conversation in middle school mr spiderman.

    • @andrewboyce7268
      @andrewboyce7268 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not sure why people stopped throwing them. Super effective

    • @whitecoffee1427
      @whitecoffee1427 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@andrewboyce7268 I think people stopped because screwballs don't have as much movement as a normal curve, so once hitters got used to it and scouting got better meaning hitters knew what pitcher had what pitches, the screwball just got less viable. It just became a less effective curveball that broke the other way. Super unfortunate though, I think it is an incredibly effective one percent pitch.

  • @davidkitchens4790
    @davidkitchens4790 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Was NOT expecting you to side-by-side Gronk and Kelce. Cracked me up.

  • @jimc.goodfellas226
    @jimc.goodfellas226 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Great to see Honeywell finally healthy and in the big leagues...it took awhile but I always hoped that he and that screwball would make it

  • @Bobbybabybobbybubbie
    @Bobbybabybobbybubbie ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Great to see the screwball back. Knucklers next!

    • @wendycoffey8283
      @wendycoffey8283 ปีที่แล้ว

      we also got a new forkballer as well.

  • @LukenUSee
    @LukenUSee ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love the Moments of Zen, they always get me when I need a laugh. Great content as usual, thanks Ninja

  • @charlieradant
    @charlieradant ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Sonny gray was definitely having a Sonny day yesterday

    • @nick_noel
      @nick_noel ปีที่แล้ว +3

      would’ve been better if he pitched in a Sonday

    • @quakening3554
      @quakening3554 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ….

    • @NotExplicable
      @NotExplicable ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nick_noel🤨😬😬

    • @KTF0
      @KTF0 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just reminded me of the Bret Michaels promo

    • @Doyouknowwho
      @Doyouknowwho ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I see what you did there 😅

  • @davidjohnson6611
    @davidjohnson6611 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite Channel on TH-cam. I can remember when changeups generally between 81 and 83 miles an hour LOL.

  • @jamestwerdin1189
    @jamestwerdin1189 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this TH-cam channel. Focusing on the pitching is where it’s at.

  • @carsonhoneywell6897
    @carsonhoneywell6897 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The last screwballer left. Carrying on the Mike Marshall legacy. Crazy it’s just coming out.

  • @JPuReTaLeNt
    @JPuReTaLeNt ปีที่แล้ว

    These videos are fun to watch. I love good pitching

  • @Scrimshaw_DuBois42
    @Scrimshaw_DuBois42 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:35 Never seen a catcher just point where they want the ball lol, but it worked on Ohtani so I guess it's a good idea

  • @bartlowe2559
    @bartlowe2559 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video keep it up

  • @garrison6863
    @garrison6863 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The screwball is just a devastating pitch when its done well. I could never get mine to break properly.

  • @mcmrv14
    @mcmrv14 ปีที่แล้ว

    The headline lead me to believe there would be a video of someone throwing a screwball.

  • @drewwilliams7380
    @drewwilliams7380 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great vid

  • @AlejandroGonzalez-im6br
    @AlejandroGonzalez-im6br ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Worst opening pitch would have to be when (i think) a hockey player threw the ball at a photographer’s…um… bat.

  • @rodneyinefuku3810
    @rodneyinefuku3810 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ask Fernando Valenzuela how he threw the screwball. He threw the best. Whenever Valenzuela threw the screwball, he didn't push off the rubber with his back leg. He would just step down with his front leg... and let his back foot slide outwardly to the side. This way the screwball becomes an "all-arm" pitch. Why? Because the screwball is an off-speed pitch. Not creating a "pushing off the mound" forward force on the screwball gives the slowerspeed spinning ball "time" to create the outward movement. The grip is having the thumb, index and middle fingers on one side- the inside part of the ball. My recommendation is not twist the pitching arm when releasing (don't wanna hurt your elbow)... but pull downward with the hand on the top inside part of the ball with emphasis on the middle finger pulling down... creating a spin opposite of the slider. You might try putting the thumb on the side of the ball in your grip rather than under the ball like in a fastball grip. The ring and baby finger is not part of the grip having the fingers under the ball or sticking straight up. Not an easy pitch to master... but once you do, it's a winner.

  • @bamboosho0t
    @bamboosho0t ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sonny Gray…yet another pitcher my Cincinnati Reds gave away.

    • @ohger1
      @ohger1 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's erratic. He sucked with the Yankees as well. Small market pitcher.

  • @xxSLAV33xx
    @xxSLAV33xx ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I feel like we need a new term for these changeups like how they are differentiating between sweeper and slider.

    • @PitchingNinjaVideos
      @PitchingNinjaVideos  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep. I agree

    • @shappah221
      @shappah221 ปีที่แล้ว

      Changeups are usually differentiated by grip not by movement, so we'd have to relabel all changeups based on movement profile rather than grip.

  • @miguelc2840
    @miguelc2840 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to throw a screwball, it just came naturally because of my delivery that causes my wrist to pronate right or left. 🙂

  • @Drforce2311
    @Drforce2311 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love that overlay.

  • @sunsunavery4237
    @sunsunavery4237 ปีที่แล้ว

    THANK YOU

  • @leorc564
    @leorc564 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's up everybody!😂 si, qué hubo amigo!

  • @iTheRealBigbosceoProductions
    @iTheRealBigbosceoProductions 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Screwball is the devil lol

  • @FlyStikJR
    @FlyStikJR ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Man, why is it so hard to throw the first pitch 🤣

    • @nomobo3582
      @nomobo3582 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      President Bush not only got it across the plate, he threw a strke.

    • @FlyStikJR
      @FlyStikJR ปีที่แล้ว

      @nomobo That was a great pitch! But still fuck Pres. Bush 🤣

  • @ohger1
    @ohger1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The way to improve baseball is to lower the seam of the baseball a *smidge* and deaden the ball a *smidge*. There are far too many swing and misses resulting in home runs or strikeouts. The best part of baseball is gone. The game was better with more contact and less home runs, hit and runs, hitting behind the runner, bunting to sacrifice, etc. 18 strikeouts and 6 home runs a game is part of what makes baseball a borefest. They addressed the 45 seconds between pitches problem (a good thing finally), but the home run or strikeout metric is terrible.

  • @benheatherkrieger79
    @benheatherkrieger79 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How the hell is it even possible to throw a 94 MPH “Change up”?

  • @mrjamfy6862
    @mrjamfy6862 ปีที่แล้ว

    That pitch you have on the link is a circle/OK change!

  • @schnickoman
    @schnickoman ปีที่แล้ว

    I had a feeling the screwball grip and motion would be similar to a leg break in cricket

  • @EdwardCabreraGoat
    @EdwardCabreraGoat ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I really think that in a few years the Marlins pitching will be really good with Sandy, Edward, Eury Perez and Trevor Rogers to if he can really figure it out

    • @PitchingNinjaVideos
      @PitchingNinjaVideos  ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree!

    • @rowan6582
      @rowan6582 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Fonfons luzardo best fantasy pickup

    • @chrismarston4266
      @chrismarston4266 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha, you really think they’re all going to be on the Marlins in a few years? Everyone good to ever be on the Marlins seems to leave.

  • @d2s260
    @d2s260 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was at the Braves game and I was screaming at my dad that Honeywell threw a screwball and he didn’t believe me until he saw it

  • @adamm8136
    @adamm8136 ปีที่แล้ว

    Id call that at 1:12 a 2-seem/split finger wiith absurd break. Ridiculous how it bends out but also down but slighly opposite curve like a screw. Alien for sure

  • @blitztim6416
    @blitztim6416 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jordan cracks me up. Maybe he never threw of the mound before.

  • @wendycoffey8283
    @wendycoffey8283 ปีที่แล้ว

    call the screwball White Castle special a Triple Whopper With Cheese!

  • @jeffreybomba
    @jeffreybomba ปีที่แล้ว

    That one reliever throwing 100+ cheeze that was snapping right at the plate. How the heck do you hit sickness like that?

  • @markuyehara7880
    @markuyehara7880 ปีที่แล้ว

    Honeywell is using the late, great Mike Marshall's screwball grip.

  • @jerydob6499
    @jerydob6499 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's often extracurriculars involved with spike ball.

  • @ramuelcruzada3207
    @ramuelcruzada3207 ปีที่แล้ว

    My gosh John Wall lol

  • @chikken_soup
    @chikken_soup ปีที่แล้ว

    in terms of movement, what's the difference between the screwball and 2-seamer?

    • @edscmidt5193
      @edscmidt5193 ปีที่แล้ว

      Screwballs traditionally break horizontally to the right if you are right handed pitcher and left for left. It usually does more horizontal breaking but the pitcher in this video went vertical a lot

  • @tim8801
    @tim8801 ปีที่แล้ว

    That’s a change up

  • @poindextertunes
    @poindextertunes ปีที่แล้ว

    Trav looks like he would’ve had some heat on it had he not released it into the nether realm 😅

  • @CT99999
    @CT99999 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your videos! Where is the screwball segment (timestamp)? Thanks!

  • @williamanderson6006
    @williamanderson6006 ปีที่แล้ว

    Guess the spider tack is back

  • @leorc564
    @leorc564 ปีที่แล้ว

    Quibo chavalos!

  • @elijahfinn8064
    @elijahfinn8064 ปีที่แล้ว

    that shadow at the twins field seems way worse than other stadiums, even on The Show its damn near impossible to hit midday

  • @jcallaway1617
    @jcallaway1617 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kelce's pitch would have been great on a cricket field!

  • @mrmeme-jq6qr
    @mrmeme-jq6qr ปีที่แล้ว

    never heard a screwball described that way 'opposite curveball' must be customized pitch

  • @Wobbuffet0
    @Wobbuffet0 ปีที่แล้ว

    Screwball in 2023. Thank you Honeywell!

  • @DryPaperHammerBro
    @DryPaperHammerBro ปีที่แล้ว

    Are 4 seamers a thing?

  • @CrimsonDad813
    @CrimsonDad813 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Not a change at 94. That’s more like a cutter. JS

  • @ostrich11245
    @ostrich11245 ปีที่แล้ว

    you should do the college and high school bit again

  • @arclight5455
    @arclight5455 ปีที่แล้ว

    You really need to talk about Trevor Bauer'S work with the Baystars

  • @andrewscher239
    @andrewscher239 ปีที่แล้ว

    🤔...they all look like fastballs to me...😁

  • @colepriceguitar1153
    @colepriceguitar1153 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A 94 running pitch isn’t a change up it’s just a 2 seamer

  • @elliotvalente5688
    @elliotvalente5688 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What exactly is a sweeper anyway? I'm seeing that term pop up this year.

    • @PitchingNinjaVideos
      @PitchingNinjaVideos  ปีที่แล้ว

      A breaking ball designed to go mostly horizontally, usually using seam-shifted wake. sports.yahoo.com/hes-throwing-a-what-the-sweeper-is-mlb-latest-pitching-weapon-dodgers-yankees-220657765.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAXgzKegE4NRXdsiTp1IB_RndW0CK7wJz2DIwysLezTGo4zroHnPRgVS8ejdP6lv0jMPfc3PzeZ0uJqUrojckr9FNOW3pSoTSwp0MZINckiXvC-SYaxUmdQV_UwgT8ORLQZfPb6KF5_En9dJBnS5B-E5UQ3sCs7C3m-3DO7Z9Igw

    • @ArtonsRB
      @ArtonsRB ปีที่แล้ว

      Slurve

  • @OMGWTHBBQPANDA117
    @OMGWTHBBQPANDA117 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    kelce only knows how to spike balls (or throw picks)

  • @leorc564
    @leorc564 ปีที่แล้ว

    A lot of Ks! Un montón de ponchados

  • @HoratioNegersky
    @HoratioNegersky ปีที่แล้ว

    Sonny Gray looked like some pinball shit on this outing

  • @2strokeFORever
    @2strokeFORever ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm placing that bet now

  • @rick_fortune
    @rick_fortune ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That screwball was just disgusting...Love it.

  • @TerryBollea1
    @TerryBollea1 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is a "sweeper"? If your going to make up new pitches, itd be nice to have your definition of them. Thanks m8.

  • @jtkneeland11
    @jtkneeland11 ปีที่แล้ว

    No Matt brash spinning Jose to the dirt or was that a different day?

    • @PitchingNinjaVideos
      @PitchingNinjaVideos  ปีที่แล้ว

      Duuuude...that was opening day! th-cam.com/video/0YGZxBYTD1c/w-d-xo.html

  • @AliceYobby
    @AliceYobby ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad to see screwballs coming back a bit. The superstition there is unhealthy. It’s scientifically no worse for pitchers than a fastball is.

  • @briankice
    @briankice ปีที่แล้ว

    the two seamers from yesterday were some of the best ive seen in a long time. absolutely gross

  • @Glaudge
    @Glaudge ปีที่แล้ว

    a couple months ago nobody ever or very rarely used the word 'sweeper' now *everybody* is calling hard lateral breaking sliders sweepers.

    • @PitchingNinjaVideos
      @PitchingNinjaVideos  ปีที่แล้ว

      It's been around MLB teams and pitchers for a while and called that. It just hasn't been talked about as much on broadcasts because Statcast just started officially using the pitch type.

  • @ericperez8029
    @ericperez8029 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kelce only knows how to spike the ball. Cte is rough man.

  • @whitecoffee1427
    @whitecoffee1427 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not the worst first pitch by an athlete simply because his form looked like someone throwing a baseball. Hey sometimes we all spike one.

    • @PitchingNinjaVideos
      @PitchingNinjaVideos  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      100% Definitely moves like he knows how to throw pretty well. Probably tried to hard to throw gas

    • @whitecoffee1427
      @whitecoffee1427 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PitchingNinjaVideos That's what I was thinking. Was looking like when my first base ass tries to throw 90 lol

  • @TeemoQuinton
    @TeemoQuinton ปีที่แล้ว

    Surprised you didnt call this a reverse sweeper.

  • @owennugent
    @owennugent ปีที่แล้ว

    Only seen this is wii sports

  • @luckyjinxer
    @luckyjinxer ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like a circle change... what am I missing?

    • @PitchingNinjaVideos
      @PitchingNinjaVideos  ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a screwball. He also has a separate changeup. www.milb.com/news/brent-honeywell-s-screwball-a-bloodline-deal-114337918

  • @DemonaterTheAce
    @DemonaterTheAce 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Braves still blew them up

  • @chick3nmp693
    @chick3nmp693 ปีที่แล้ว

    People have known about his screwball for 2 years

    • @PitchingNinjaVideos
      @PitchingNinjaVideos  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or 5 years. twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/955422084301287424?s=20

  • @seabrook1976
    @seabrook1976 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:02 that’s a weird heat map for a lefty power hitter. Usually the opposite.

  • @TheSmacker20
    @TheSmacker20 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Previous Picks of the Day - 3-Leg SGP+
    Z. Wheeler 7+ K: Incorrect
    H. Green 8+ K: Incorrect
    L. Gilbert 5+ K: Correct
    Result: Loss (-100)

  • @HwL01
    @HwL01 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hope he doesn’t get injured pitching screwballs….

  • @joeyechevarria3304
    @joeyechevarria3304 ปีที่แล้ว

    LGM⚾️⚾️⚾️

  • @stevemeters3090
    @stevemeters3090 ปีที่แล้ว

    i really do not like the sweeper nomenclature.

    • @PitchingNinjaVideos
      @PitchingNinjaVideos  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's not going away. It's the terminology that MLB Teams/Pitchers are using.

  • @squints5020
    @squints5020 ปีที่แล้ว

    Day 1 of telling Pitching Ninja he looks like Justin Verlander

    • @PitchingNinjaVideos
      @PitchingNinjaVideos  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wish! [LOL I usually get Serj from System of a Down]

  • @michaelaspden9073
    @michaelaspden9073 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Romano gets no respect... Dude has 4 saves already and not 1 mention

    • @marxwasright25
      @marxwasright25 ปีที่แล้ว

      most slept on closer in the league

  • @marions.120
    @marions.120 ปีที่แล้ว

    Olama had one of the worst first pitch!

  • @SG-jm7np
    @SG-jm7np ปีที่แล้ว

    I know it’s really early but who has been the most impressive pitcher so far? I'm saying Senga. His stuff is absolutely disgusting.

    • @PitchingNinjaVideos
      @PitchingNinjaVideos  ปีที่แล้ว

      Love Senga's stuff. Ohtani would be up there. Also, Dustin May as far as pure stuff. Luzardo has been really good. And of course, Sandy.

  • @josephgelinas7283
    @josephgelinas7283 ปีที่แล้ว

    Connor McGregor’s was pretty bad

  • @mikemoody9512
    @mikemoody9512 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stop calling sliders, sweepers.

    • @Jay_Force_One
      @Jay_Force_One 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They’re essentially the same pitch.
      A lot of pitches these days are just a variation of another. Just like a Cutter is a variation of a 2-seam.
      MLB the Show (the video game) doesn’t even bother to put the Sweeper in the game. They just call it a Slider….because that’s basically what it is.

  • @yesfinallygot1
    @yesfinallygot1 ปีที่แล้ว

    i like seeing pro athletes from other sports throw the first pitch cuz they always try to put too much heat on it lol. Conor's was terrible. Dude is the worst.

  • @TerryBollea1
    @TerryBollea1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thats not a forkball silly. Forkballs are slipped between middle and ring. That is a splitter. I know you know that. So why lie about it?? Come now me son.