Willians Astudillo usually catches fast balls, he does not throw them.
On Friday night, the Twins fielder – he spent time on first, second and third bases this season – took the hill for the Minnesota Twins in their 10-3 defeat against the English.
The 29-year-old from Venezuela did not disappoint and sent Kurt Suzuki (lineout), Luis Rengifo (pioneer) and David Fletcher (lineout) down in seventh place to bottom.
While its efficiency was amazing, it was subordinate to its speed – or lack thereof.
The La Tortuga peaks rose 72.5 km / h, while throwing an oddly brilliant pitch of 46 km / h – five km / h slower than the so-called strike, Zack Greinke, who threw the Astros strike on Monday.
The entire excavation watched the radar rifle during its brief illumination.
“I mean, there’s no way not to do it, right?” The twin manager, Rocco Baldelli, said. “It’s all part of it. But nice, clean turn, and no sweat for him. I do not think he was sweating.
I’m not surprised he can throw [46] mph hits and zips them in there when he wants a fast ball of 75 mph. He does it all. ”