Every Monday we review the nastiest pitches from the previous weekends's games in glorious HD GIFs. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite pitch and check back this weekend to see if it will be in contention for the GIF of the First Half. Did we miss your favorite pitch? Send us a tweet next time @ThePitcherList and we'll GIF it up + give you a shoutout here in the article.
Congrats to Alec Asher's Fastball for winning Nastiest Pitching GIF of the Week! That's some serious movement on a 93mph Fastball.
Luis Garcia's Fastball - Sometimes you see pitches that don't seem real. "That has to be a Changeup or...a Screwball?" This Garcia heater blew our minds over the weekend, coming in at a blistering 95mph yet featuring a ton of sink and horizontal ride to induce a poor swing from Brian Goodwin. We're going to see this pitch for a long time. (Thanks to @byBenHarris for the tip!)
Am I the only one who has trouble loading the gifs? Well, my browser does at least. The problem is consistent across multiple browsers and machines. Basically, I can only see the first one and maybe the second – the rest don’t play. With that being said, how about that Asher pitch!
I have the same issue on my work machine. The GIFs are very resource heavy and the processor can’t keep up. I have to refresh the page four or five times to be able to see them all. A nuisance yes but there are ways to get around it.