VIDEO: The Spin on Max Scherzer's Face-Melting Changeup Should Not Be Possible
By Jerry Trotta
Nationals ace Max Scherzer took the bump for the Washington Nationals in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader versus the Philadelphia Phillies attempting to keep his club atop the NL Wild Card standings. It's well-known within the baseball community that the three-time Cy Young flaunts one of (if not the) nastiest arsenals of pitches in the MLB. Well, Mad Max had all the magic working tonight and probably unleashed the filthiest changeup of his 12-year career. Yeah, just ask Andrew Knapp. Folks, feast your eyes on the sheer english of this off-speed pitch.
And today's winner for reminding the public that hitting a baseball is one of the hardest talents in all of sports goes to...
That kind of spin and movement should NOT be humanly possible, but if there's one pitcher in the big leagues that we think could pull it off, it'd be Scherzer. That pitch started out knee-high upon its release and ended up bouncing on home plate!
Don't even play out the rest of the game. Just give the W to Blue Eye for this mind-boggling spectacle.