Oakland’s Ramon Laureano Suffered the Most Painful Strikeout of the MLB Season

This didn’t look like fun.

The MLB season is just over a week old and and we’ve already seen some wild things happen, thanks mostly to the new pitch clock that is causing fits for both pitchers and hitters. 

On Friday night we saw a unique strikeout that had not nothing to do with that pitch clock and everything to do with pain. 

A’s right fielder Ramón Laureano struck out swinging but also got hit by the pitch on the same 90-mph changeup. Because he swung at the pitch before getting hit it was ruled a strikeout, which just had to be the worst way to strikeout.

Check this out: 

Jason Adam adding injury to insult with this 90mph Changeup. 😂😳 pic.twitter.com/tfoNjzaZMW

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 8, 2023

That's definitely not something you see every day. 

MLB fans had reactions: 

As long as this is nothing more than a bruise, this is my favorite Ramon Laureano highlight. https://t.co/k2jjaK8FUV

— dave (@klkdave) April 8, 2023

A’s baseball https://t.co/tgB4ZdmmIl

— Nacho Nordberg (@Pgn3540) April 8, 2023

when you face jason adam and go all in on a slider 😬 https://t.co/pshHBqZyHx

— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) April 8, 2023