{"id":434291,"date":"2023-08-30T04:19:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=434291"},"modified":"2023-08-30T04:19:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:19:58","slug":"twins-prospect-cory-lewiss-slow-motioned-knuckleball-pitch-is-going-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/twins-prospect-cory-lewiss-slow-motioned-knuckleball-pitch-is-going-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins&#8217; Prospect Cory Lewis&#8217;s Slow-Motioned Knuckleball Pitch Is Going Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cory Lewis, a pitcher prospect for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/twins\">Twins<\/a>, was caught on camera delivering his signature knuckleball, and pictures of the pitch were shared on social media.<\/p>\n<h2>Twins&#8217; Prospect Cory Lewis&#8217;s Slow Motioned Knuckleball Pitch Is Going Viral<\/h2>\n<p>The slow-motion recording of Lewis&#8217;s knuckleball, which was made public by baseball agent Ethan Chapman, is a masterpiece. The pitch footage appears to be a screenshot that might be shown on a wall at a nearby art museum or something that could be used to a baseball movie scene.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Beautiful Slo Mo Knuckleball from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MNTwins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MNTwins<\/a> Top Prospect Cory Lewis  (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clewis_22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@clewis_22<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NDPghbogNF\">pic.twitter.com\/NDPghbogNF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ethan Chapman (@EthanMChapman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EthanMChapman\/status\/1696296643539148837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To put it another way, nothing is more entertaining THAN a slow-motion film of a knuckleball, which isn&#8217;t meant to rotate much at all. to suddenly move and dart.<\/p>\n<p>This is Cory Lewis&#8217; slow-motion knuckleball, a prospect for the Minnesota Twins. A black-and-white slow-motion film that gives the ball the appearance of floating is amazing. We would have like to see it conclude with a direct hit on the catcher&#8217;s glove in the strike zone, but that&#8217;s alright.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cory Lewis, Devin Kirby and Kyle Bischoff. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GVNx8U8Usj\">pic.twitter.com\/GVNx8U8Usj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cj W. (@cjw62599) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cjw62599\/status\/1693813050367734218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The knuckleball gained popularity in the early 1900s thanks to pitchers like Toad Ramsey and Eddie Cicotte, who had a reputation for being able to confound opponents who had trouble predicting where the notoriously unpredictable pitch would end up by the time it reached the plate. There isn&#8217;t really a consensus as to who invented the knuckleball, but it started to gain popularity at that time.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that a pitcher can only do so much to predict a knuckleball&#8217;s trajectory has definitely contributed to the pitch&#8217;s relative rarity in Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">POV: Cory Lewis 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P6hiPGHJIx\">https:\/\/t.co\/P6hiPGHJIx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tony #BuiltForOctober (@PrimeJenkins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrimeJenkins\/status\/1693995065553866989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lewis, who excelled on the mound at the University of California, Santa Barbara, was selected in the ninth round. Lewis has already been moved up from Single-A to High-A baseball in 2023, which is his first professional season.<\/p>\n<p>The Twins took the 22-year-old in the ninth round of the 2022 MLB Draft, and he is now perfecting his craft as a member of Minnesota&#8217;s &#8220;High-A&#8221; club, the Cedar Rapids Kernels.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Slow Motion Turns Video of Top Twins Prospect Cory Lewis\u2019s Knuckleball Into a Work of Art<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jR53J1KEwa\">https:\/\/t.co\/jR53J1KEwa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jaun News Group (@jaunnewsgroup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaunnewsgroup\/status\/1696728814540275814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thanks in large part to his deadly knuckleball, Lewis has produced an 8-4 record with a 2.76 ERA and 109 strikeouts over 91 and 1\/3 innings thrown across both levels.<\/p>\n<p>While players at that level typically struggle to garner much notice, Lewis stands out thanks to a slow-motion video that showed his nearly stationary knuckleball moving toward an oncoming catcher.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"QB Jimmy Garoppolo\u00a0Speaks Out On Trey Lance\u2019s Trade To Cowboys\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/qb-jimmy-garoppolo-speaks-out-on-trey-lances-trade-to-cowboys\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">QB Jimmy Garoppolo\u00a0Speaks Out On Trey Lance\u2019s Trade To Cowboys<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cory Lewis, a pitcher prospect for the Twins, was caught on camera delivering his signature knuckleball, and pictures of the pitch were shared on social media. Twins&#8217; Prospect Cory Lewis&#8217;s Slow Motioned Knuckleball Pitch Is Going Viral The slow-motion recording of Lewis&#8217;s knuckleball, which was made public by baseball agent Ethan Chapman, is a masterpiece. 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