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Jhoan Duran Threw a Nasty 92-MPH Curveball That Had MLB Fans Wondering How It Was Legal

This just isn’t fair.
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Jhoan Duran Threw a Nasty 92-MPH Curveball That Had MLB Fans Wondering How It Was Legal
Jhoan Duran Threw a Nasty 92-MPH Curveball That Had MLB Fans Wondering How It Was Legal

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Minnesota Twins closer Jhoan Duran has some of the nastiest stuff in Major League Baseball, and he routinely makes professional hitters look very silly while they fail to make any type of contact with his filthy pitches. 

That happened earlier in the season when he threw a 101-mph splinker, and it happened again on Sunday when he threw a 102-mph fastball (with movement) and a 92-mph curveball that basically fell off the planet and made Washington’s Keibert Ruiz look foolish for trying to hit it. 

Just look at these two pitches by Duran and be thankful that you’re not a professional baseball player who has to try to get hits: 

Silly stuff. 

MLB fans were in awe: 

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ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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