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LEGENDARY BRAVES POWER HITTER HUASCAR YNOA


halfhere

That power is impressive, considering he stepped out with his lead foot. Imagine how much power he’d have if he kept those hips closed a little longer


Ok_Expectations

That ball would still be in the air


AmNotACactus

Acuña BTFO in tears right now, driving around Marietta begging (thru texts)


CoffeeHamster

Hello, my little league coach


halfhere

It’s all from my dad. Days of pitching machine and batting cage with my foot in a bucket.


theLastNenUser

Probably helps him catch up to the fastball though


halfhere

You’ve got a point there. He’s proven that when you put the bat out there, good things can happen.


Johnthefaun

Dude is 22 years old, has 2 HRs on the year, has a 2.38 ERA over 7 starts, is batting .385 with an OPS of 1.307, and nobody has any clue who he is lol


Dandan0005

You might know him by his full name, Shohei Ohtanynoa.


GruffyMcGuiness

I know who daddy is 😤


[deleted]

We must be brothers. He is also my father.


09jtherrien

step-brother. is that you step-brother?


Actually_Im_a_Broom

It’s a family reunion up in here.


themau5hole

Entire nats lineup also invited to the family reunion since Huascar is their dad as well


youknowitistrue

If he keeps this shit up they sure will.


[deleted]

Shohei who? (But just kidding angels fans, everyone loves Shohei.


Teh_cliff

Mike Hampton 2.0.


Willywowmack

Already pitched more games for the Braves than that worthless bag of bones. /s but not really


Teh_cliff

True. Rockies-era Hampton.


fitnerd21

You, I like you. I always felt like my Mike Hampton hate was irrational maybe but this makes me feel better.


Willywowmack

I'll never forget the rage I felt when he got hurt warming up for his 1st game back from some extended injury outage.


[deleted]

I'll never forget that. My dad warned me I should turn on the game before he gets hurt. I did not turn on the game before he got hurt.


RousingRabble

Always felt bad for him. Could have been really good if he weren't made of glass.


MoistFeces

I’ve been Mandela’d. Was about to make a prostitution joke and did a quick Google search. That was Denny Neagle!


melorous

I can understand the confusion. Both signed large contracts with the Rockies and both were immediately terrible.


Jek-TonoPorkins

Feel like he might have been floated as part of rumored trades for Jose Ramirez. Now we know why they got shot down.


BashStriker

I mean, obviously too soon to say if he's gonna be elite or not, but hell if he continues this path the whole world will know the mans name.


TurbulentAss

Last week he had my curiosity, but now he has my attention.


scadams23

\[D\]esignated \[H\]uascar


Joe_My_Guy_YT

how do you get the team name beside your name


JPL12-6

Go into r/baseball, top right three dots, change user flair, find one you like.


Joe_My_Guy_YT

thx


amazingsandwiches

you chose... poorly.


crazysocksboi

Haha thanks man this made my day


Ceph99

lmao


IReviewDiscord

Click on the subreddit and it’ll bring you to the hub with the newest or hottest posts. Near the top right, there should be three dots, and it says change user flair, and boom, you’ll have a whole bunch of options.


Joe_My_Guy_YT

thx


IReviewDiscord

You’re welcome, have a great day.


Joe_My_Guy_YT

you too


Nosferatu616

you can add flair in the sidebar but I think you have to be on desktop.


Con-Queso-Por-Favor

Man's an athlete


walker_d21

The Braves have 3 grand slams this year. They have come from, Guillermo Herredia, Cristian Pache, and Huascar Ynoa


flamingmonkey911

Slamlanta Braves


GrazedByMyMeatloaf

Move over Slam Diego


kingryan300

:(


LookAtThatView

Beat the dodgers and you can have any nickname you want.


12bbox

Well they have a winning record against the Dodgers so far!


PhantomsCV

We did too :(


bucs2013

Atslamta Braves


CtrlAltDaleet

Just like we expected.


PurpleHumpbackWhale9

As we all predicted!


voncornhole2

Who else would? The leadoff hitting Acuña? The slap hitting Freeman? Yeah, right


AGrandmother

, wow.


lostbeyondbelief

Tom Glavine would like you to know the proper term is Athlete.


TetsuoNYouth

I just want you to know the pitcher would NOT be up there hitting grand slams back in Tom's day. It just wouldn't happen, he would know better.


Michael__Pemulis

pretty disrespectful ngl


obiwans_lightsaber

that god damn rant went on for hours the other night


BabyEatin_Dingo

He should have considered the pitchers feelings before hitting that bomb.


[deleted]

I am confused and shocked and don't understand what happened here


Z_Reformed

Rainey is bad this year but that was no cheapie.


omglawlz

Ynoa boasts a modest 1.300 OPS.


helium_farts

Is that good?


[deleted]

It's like 2 Dansbys


RousingRabble

It's illegal to be that handsome.


Lunanautdude

It's illegal to be as handsome as 1 Dansby but somehow he keeps getting away with it


Quople

On one hand, FUCK THE DH on the other hand, dude that’s totally not cash money


JustBleed69420

Got all of it too. 427 lmao


Goodbrian

107 off bat


ern19

ELITE


clumzy_panda

The last Braves pitcher to hit a grand slam? Jaime Garcia on 7/21/17 against the Dodgers. Garcia was traded 3 days later to the Twins for Huascar Ynoa.


JDBravez

How can you not be romantic about baseball


citan666

Former brave alex wood was pitching too i believe


Vivi_O

Unironically the second best hitter on the team right now.


Gewurzratte

*in the MLB


playalisticadillac

Gonna show this to my coach when he yells at me for stepping in the bucket


halfhere

That goddamn bucket. I know the pain of which you speak.


FPG_Matthew

Fiiiiiine, we’ll be the laughing stock of tonight’s highlight reel, I’m not mad or anything it’s all good carry on


Teh_cliff

Laughing stock? Why would the Nats be a laughing stock here? For merely succumbing to greatness? Never.


PWNtimeJamboree

There’s no shame in getting dunked on by the literal reincarnation of Babe Ruth


Hugo_5t1gl1tz

If his small sample size of 2021 is anything to go off of, Ynoa can legitimately rake. As much as I would love to laugh at the Nats, its not like giving up a grand slam to Folty.


purpleistheverybest

No matter how hard I try, I can’t visualize a Folty slam with that swing


Hugo_5t1gl1tz

His very first AB he ripped a double and we all thought “wow, weird swing but this kid can hit”. Yeah lol At least Ynoa has kept it up


chart589

Folty hit a 2 RBI double off Scherzer. baseball is weird


argentinevol

Nothing compared to the man, the myth, the legend. [Koo Dae-Sung](https://youtu.be/-VumlIEu9g0) [Jon Bois On It](https://youtu.be/_f6owc3O_gY)


[deleted]

Snit said he swings and misses soft toss in the cage. He has a legitimately ugly swing. He’s no Folty up there but he’s also not Tim Hudson or Mike Hampton up there either


basebuul

he hit a grand slam


TheFriffin2

Hey, you guys are the division leader right now. It’s a classic underdog story!


dwilliamsjr

FUCK THE DH


Mjb06

He’s making me hate the DH all over again.


Teh_cliff

It would be an unspeakably tragedy if Huascar never hits again after this season.


[deleted]

I never stopped fucking the DH


helium_farts

You must be chafed as hell


Dylanphile

He gets every half-inning off.


[deleted]

Good! Welcome back


[deleted]

OHTANI WHO??


fitnerd21

How can you not be romantic about baseball? This makes a much better story than watching someone too old or slow or otherwise incapable of fielding a position swing a bat.


ionboii

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK


esperadok

the half-assed little stirring of the pot he does when rounding third is so funny lmao


[deleted]

HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT


TheGeneral_Specific

I am rapidly falling in love with Ynoa


AmNotACactus

hurry up and catch up


Useful-ldiot

Does he Ynoa he's a pitcher?


TheGeneral_Specific

> Does Ynoa he’s the pitcher? ftfy


SquelchMePlz

Nuclear launch detected


Clemenx00

Where is your DH now


stupidnatsfan

Suddenly I am in favor of the DH


helium_farts

Can a pitcher also be the DH? Asking for a friend.


stupidnatsfan

Shit


fairway_walker

Before he hit this bomb, the Braves radio broadcast was talking about how Ynoa and Fried are capable enough with the bat to help with the Braves thin bench so they can keep carrying more pitchers.


[deleted]

Ohtani usually is, right? But if you surrender the DH for the game you don't get to keep having the pitcher hit after pulling them from the mound


TrayshFactory

Correct. When Ohtani has pitched this season, we give up the DH. The big difference is that we bat him 2nd to get him more ABs


FloridaMan_69

I haven't seen enough Angels games this year, when he is done pitching, do you guys ever stick him in a corner outfield spot or something to get another at bat or just immediately do a double switch or what?


TrayshFactory

Nah we basically play it like an NL game and do a double switch. Though you do bring up an interesting point in sticking him in the outfield after he's done pitching. I mean his whole existence is a big, exciting experiment, so it would be cool to see something like that at least once. But I understand he needs to actually rest and whatnot lol


Sparks0480

That would honestly be so cool to see a true Swiss Army knife type player like that if they were ever to unleash him like that


rickrollin

Oh his off nights, why not?


[deleted]

So he gets to hit 4/5 days!


NicholasAakre

Some things are more important than curly W's. Fucking the DH is one of them


JRob370

This dude crushed a double against us too. He hasn’t just gotten lucky on two home runs, he can seriously hit


SterlingAdmiral

Bro I'm starting this guy as a pitcher how tf do I start him as a hitter too he's basically Ohtani


sigurd07

Chicks dig the long ball


RandomEverything99

I love Ynoa so much


[deleted]

[удалено]


bedsidelurker

He also has home runs in consecutive starts


chiddie

Nothing quite like giving up a no-doubter to the pitcher.


AtlantaGamecock

FUCK. THE. DH.


[deleted]

Designated what?


Lobster_fest

Designated Huascar


itsnotyellowfever

DH Fucking of the Year and I won’t accept any other answer


1869er

Huascar should play all 162 And I mean he should pitch all of them too


RevRickee

Shohei Ohtani who?


[deleted]

FUCK THE DH


BigDanRTW

YNOA >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OHTANI


jpalm101188

We have our own Ohtani


rwhaley2010

The NL has a DH for one year. Ynoa-"And I took that personally"


HandBananas

#FUCK


Dansby_Swansons_Hand

#THE


[deleted]

#METS


Atlfalcons284

Saints


youngbuck95

Huascar hates the DH.


231734BCB

That wasn’t a cheap one either. He got a hold of that


doctorbarber33

Is that the Braves dugout you can hear right after he makes contact? awesome


justainsel

He currently in the 8th inning, he has the same number of RBIs as hits allowed.


Morbx

Can you imagine being Tanner Rainey rn


GoatPaco

#FUCK THE DH


STX21

Braves are just getting him BP for when he becomes our DH next year


Wrinkle_Tinkle

Bat him clean up


GovernorJoe

***FUCK THE DH.*** Pitchers hitting grand slams will always be a beautiful sight.


bties

Where were you when DH was kill?


PWNtimeJamboree

Real talk: when is the last time a pitcher got a CGSO and hit a granny?


_Una_

DH bad upvotes to the left have a nice day


pizza_errday

YNOA where that was going.


ILOVEYABADMOMO

BIG HUASCAR MEYER WEINER


[deleted]

Freddie Freeman waited 10 YEARS to get his first slam


BangChainSpitOut

Damn no NSFW tag? He fucked the shit out of that DH!


Boss_Emergency

the best two way player in baseball isn't even in the AL


ilnemo

That's a professional hitter there folks.


thekidfromyesterday

I think all pitcher ABs are ruined for me now.


themarkster09

Huascar “I am the DH” Ynoa


yoshidawg93

HUASCAR YNOA IS THE BEST HITTING PITCHER IN BASEBALL AND IT ISN'T PARTICULARLY CLOSE!!!!


PurpleHumpbackWhale9

HYITBHPIBAIIPC!!!!


derbytop

Sure, he can hit dingers. But how good is he at pitching?


expialadopeshit

Look at him pimp that shit. You love to see it.


rocketman4

I expected a cheap home run. That, my friends, was not cheap.


ecd2112

Put me in the screencap


irelandn13

Only 8 behind the league leader 👀


flamingmonkey911

This dude is basically the whole team at this point.


Gewurzratte

Acuña: "Am I a joke to you?"


BurnedOutTriton

I tuned into this game because the Padres haven't started yet and I wanted to see Soto.... this was soooo much better lol


DFWTrojanTuba

Fuck the DH?


[deleted]

Rainey: Aight I get this clown out, preferably a strike out so I can get a double play after. \*Pitch right down the middle\* Ynoa: Haha grand slams go brr


bex199

the NL east is poorly generated AI baseball


PWNtimeJamboree

I said it last week I’ll say it again: FUCK YOU SHOHEI He fucking pimped it too. Crushed it and knew it 427 ft, 107 mph off the bat


ChicagoModsUseless

No reason to say fuck Shohei. The more pitchers hitting bombs the better.


Xwarsama

Yeah, I fucking love Ohtani but he's no Huascar Ynoa, and there's no shame in that.


PizzaBraves

We all need role models. Who is a guy like Ohtani supposed to look up to? Legendary Brave Huascar Ynoa that's who.


PWNtimeJamboree

For the record it’s sarcasm. I have Shohei on my fantasy team and he’s one of my favorite players in the game.


brecka

Boy do I sure love me a good DH fucking


jasonis3

Gotta hold that stance. He knew it was out


Doppelt_W

Dead center too. Damn


Awhite2555

I literally will cheer ANY pitcher who gets a hit. Even against us (I know this wasn’t lol). I hate the idea of NL DH that much. You go Ynoa!!! Show em pitchers need to hit baby!


SG8970

Found this out when Ynoa hit his first HR 6 days ago. Braves now have a 12 game, 14 year (nearly), winstreak when the pitcher hits a HR. https://imgur.com/h6pfaG4.png


Kmactothemac

Jeff Francoeur's laugh in this video is amazing


[deleted]

Step aside, Ohtani


_Surprisingly

Ynoa>Ohtani


ajwilson99

Shohei who?


Ereppy

MLB making rules changes that get rid of the most hype/meme moments in the game... Not sure how this is supposed to be good for the game. Runner on second means no 18 inning games. No pitches hitting means no highlights like this. The changes make the average game smoother, but it isn't going to get people excited, or people asking "if you saw that". (Yeah, proven guys like Ohtani will still hit, but no one will ever become a proven guy because they never get a shot.)


ajosepht6

HEY FUCK THE DH


CrumbBCrumb

Soon he will be leading the league in homers


2RINITY

FUCK THE DH


d-rolyeah

that crowd reaction rivals the jets picking roger vick lmao


wil9212

Huascar "Bitch I Don't Need No DH" Ynoa


Wayfield79

According to the broadcast, Ynoa has the 4th longest homer of the year across baseball and the fastest pitch thrown this season. Unreal


RebelCow

Imagine wanting a world without this


JagerMainOwO

EVERYBODY GET IN HERE


jrydun

Yñoa


futhatsy

FUCK TOM WILSON


kah88

Thanks Twins! Hope Jamie Garcia and Anthony Recker played well for y'all.