Toronto Pitcher Chris Bassitt Gets Plunked By 102-MPH Line Drive From Yanks' Aaron Judge, But Stays In Game
Chris Bassitt is lucky New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge hit a 102-mph line drive at his arm.
Now to be fair, a pitcher like Bassitt (who plays for the Toronto Blue Jays) could probably live without having a baseball fly right back at him and hit him in his pitching arm. To boot, this happened on just his sixth pitch of the game. That’s far from an ideal start to an afternoon on the mound.
In this June 7 game against the Oakland Athletics, Chris Bassitt hunched over in reaction to a bad play. But when he got drilled in the arm earlier today, he barely even grimaced. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
But quite honestly, he’s lucky he’s not going to the ICU right now.
Had Judge hit the ball just over a foot higher on Bassitt’s frame, the ball would have struck the pitcher on the neck/head area and sent him to the hospital.
Here’s a view of the strike.
I think I got a bruise just watching that. Good on Bassitt for taking it like a gigachad and barely even grimacing afterward.
Incredibly, he stayed in the game, and didn’t let a minor collision or a two-men-on, one-out situation faze him. After six full innings, he allowed only six hits and two walks while striking out eight guys in 94 pitches. To boot, his team got him some run support and won the game, 9-3.
That’s how you pick your pitcher up, especially after he shrugged off a line-drive with that velocity.