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Mets’ Kodai Senga Made Three Marlins Hitters Look Silly With His Nasty Ghost Fork

This pitch continues to be so cool.

Andy Nesbitt

Mets’ Kodai Senga Made Three Marlins Hitters Look Silly With His Nasty Ghost Fork
Mets’ Kodai Senga Made Three Marlins Hitters Look Silly With His Nasty Ghost Fork /
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New York Mets rookie pitcher Kodai Senga has made only two starts so far this season but he has made two things very clear in those outings: his ghost fork pitch is one of the coolest pitches in Major League Baseball and it’s going to make life very difficult for hitters. 

Senga, a 30-year-old right-hander who previously was a star in the Japanese league, picked up his second win of the season Saturday when he gave up just one run in six innings of work against the Miami Marlins. 

He had six strikeouts, including these three below that came via his ghost fork. 

Look at how hard this pitch is to hit:

Look at how hard this pitch is to lay off of:

Look at what happens when you lay off this pitch: 

So far the stats show that the ghost fork is useful:

Good luck, hitters! 

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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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