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Kodai Senga’s Ghost Fork is Easily One of the Coolest Pitches in MLB

Good luck trying to hit this pitch.

There are a lot of pitchers in Major League Baseball throwing some really nasty stuff these days and now, we can add another name to that list of guys: Kodai Senga.

The Mets’ 30-year-old rookie made his debut on Sunday and he picked up his first strike out with a pitch called a ghost fork. It was his best pitch during his  Japanese baseball league years and now, it’s going to be a problem for lots of hitters in MLB. 

Miami’s Yuli Gurriel had absolutely no chance on this pitch in the first inning of Sunday's game:

Here's a cool overlay that shows you just how much movement that pitch has at the very end: 

Here's another ghost fork later in the game: 

Senga struck out eight batters and got the win after giving up just one run in 5 1/3 innings. 

He also has a cool ghost on his glove:

Fans had reactions to his ghost fork: