Watch Angels Top Prospect Ben Joyce Pump the Gas For His 1st Career Strikeout

No way, no how the batter was hitting this sinker

The Los Angeles Angels 2023 season has been somewhat of a youth movement. LA gave catcher Logan O'Hoppe his first real shot at the big leagues, and was shining before he suffered a left shoulder injury, and others have debuted this season as well. Another one of the Halos' top prospects got his first shot in the bigs in righty flame thrower Ben Joyce. 

Joyce came in after starting pitcher Griffin Canning and was phenomenal in his first appearance. He had heads turning in his first strikeout which was clocked as a 102 MPH sinker, and if blink, you could miss it. 

Ben Joyce's 1st MLB K

102 mph ⛽️ pic.twitter.com/WpX76hUiwT

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) May 30, 2023

This may be new to the MLB world, but it's common for the 22-year-old rookie. Last year, the righty pitcher threw a pitch that registered at 105.5 MPH when he was a college athlete at the University of Tennessee. 

Just over a year ago, Ben Joyce threw a 105.5 MPH pitch, the fastest pitch in college baseball history.

Only Aroldis Chapman has thrown a harder pitch in a MLB game. Nobody has thrown a harder pitch since then.

He is being called up by the Angels today.
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— MLB Metrics (@MLBMetrics) May 28, 2023

Joyce had a great debut as he only managed to throw 12 pitches, 10 of them for strikes in one inning, allowed one hit, zero runs, and two strikeouts. he looked fanatsict in his debut. 

Joyce was selected in the 2022 MLB Drfat with the 89th pick of the third round. He was estimated to make his debut in 2024, according to MLB.com, but without a full year in the minors, he finds himself in the majors. 

He's obviously known for his power stuff on the mound, but his slider whics is averaged at around 83 MPH also makes hitters miss. the 22-year-old didn't look scared and was ready for the bigs. We'll see what the Halos plan to do with him going forward.