Otani Shohei.

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[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] "Pitcher Otani" has evolved again!

Shohei Otani served as the starting pitcher for the opening game of the Angels for two consecutive years. On the 31st, he faced the Athletics and shot 6 innings with 10K without losing points. Crazier sliders.

Shohei Otani's Sweeper has a displacement of up to 22 inches (about 56 centimeters).

Otani recently closed in the first half of the 9th inning in the championship game of the classic game, and staged a dream match with Angel teammate "God Trout" Trout. With 2 good and 3 bad balls, Otani used an 87.2-mile outside corner to ecstasy The slider, with a vertical displacement of 81.3 cm and a lateral displacement of 43.2 cm, struck out Triott and helped the Japanese team win their third classic championship.

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Shohei Otani's sweeping slider continued to evolve. When he started against the Athletics on the 31st, he had 2 innings and 1 out against No. 6 right fielder Ramon Laureano, throwing an 83.9-mile sweeping slider , The lateral displacement is as high as 22 inches, successfully allowing the hitter to swing into the air.

The well-known account "Baseball Ninja" Freeman (Rob Friedman) with more than 440,000 followers reposted the video on Twitter, saying that Otani's slider tracked like a Frisbee.

This video also sparked heated discussions. Many netizens commented, "This slider is disgusting", "Too unrealistic", "Monster slider", "Slider that only appears in electric", "Too foul up."

Shohei Ohtani, Frisbee 85mph Sweeper.

22 inches of horizontal break pic.twitter.com/GZzJbn6mbq

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) March 31, 2023

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