Aroldis Chapman’s Nasty 102-MPH Pitch Had So Much Movement It Looked Like a Wiffle Ball

Royals reliever Aroldis Chapman has been back to looking like the pitcher he was in the beginning of his career—a guy who can throw really hard and strike out lots of batters out in the process.

That continued Thursday night when he came into the eighth inning of a one-run game and struck out all three Rays batters that he faced.

His coolest strike out of the night came on a 102-mph pitch that had so much movement that fans thought it looked like it was a wiffle ball

Check out this filthy pitch that struck out Francisco Mejía:

Aroldis Chapman, Sick 102mph Two Seamer. 🥴

16 inches of run. pic.twitter.com/s25eZIj3AZ
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) June 23, 2023

Nasty.

MLB fans were in awe:

Holy Wiffle ball, insane movement 😭 https://t.co/6qzMYUUEDO
— Zack🐯 (@CincyZack) June 23, 2023

102 and moving like that is absurd 🥴🥴 https://t.co/7sHxYfIcYV
— Rich Ωue 🐶⚾️ The Equalizer🥋 (@iBaseball_1) June 23, 2023

that might be the best chapman pitch i’ve seen https://t.co/rePg18JGF3
— John (@JRic55555) June 23, 2023

Baseball really a hard sport wtf https://t.co/ysoHkj5nYl
— deadboylife (@Stayalias_) June 23, 2023

Watch hitter's head and eyes. You can't hit what you don't see. https://t.co/DMrT35sCFF
— Frederick D. Gibson (@Sugalean) June 23, 2023

Looks like a wiffle ball https://t.co/H1sRKRn74U
— Jordan Marbaugh (@Marbanks6) June 23, 2023

Holy god https://t.co/4k8B0MDjSv
— Nekomata (@maruji_x) June 23, 2023

Good heavens https://t.co/jwbUg6L998
— Grub (@BGrub50) June 23, 2023