Forget this Pitch – MLB Week 2

Chris Phillips   |  

Apr 17, 2022

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Give it a little Tork in the MLB

Rookie Spencer Torkelson is a highly-touted prospect (fourth on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100). The first overall pick in the 2020 MLB made Detroit’s Opening Day roster this season. Like many rookies, he is struggling to hit major league pitching.

However, his first MLB hit gets featured here on #ForgetThisPitch. Here, Boston’s Rich Hill misses his spot with his 89 mph fastball. Boston’s catcher calls for the pitch low and away, and Hill throws it low and inside, right in Torkelson’s wheelhouse. The rookie takes Hill’s 0-1 pitch to right-center field for a double.

An MLB Hat Trick

Vladimir Guerrero Jr had a big night in New York. Take your pick as to what feat is most impressive.

A) He went 4-for-4.

B) NYY outfielder spiked his finger in the second inning, but he stayed in the game.

C) The young slugger hit three home runs; the second coming 10 minutes after his finger was a bloody mess.

Quick recap: First inning Vlad Jr. hits a home run. Second inning Aaron Hicks steps on Guerrero’s right hand as Hicks runs through the bag. In the third, another home run of Yankees ace Gerrit Cole. Three innings later, he chased Cole from the game with a double, making him three for three against the former Cy Young winner). Finally, Guerrero capped off his night with a homer in the eighth.

We highlight his final home run here. Reliever Jonathan Loaisiga is on the mound in the top of the eighth inning. With nobody out in the eighth inning, Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka wants the pitch low and inside. As in the bottom of the strike zone, knee-high and about a foot off the plate inside to Guerrero. Loaisiga missed his spot, about a foot high and on the inside edge of the strike zone, with a 95 mph fastball.

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