Danny Worth Throws a Tremendous Knuckleball While Pitching in Relief

The Detroit Tigers lost their fourth game in a row in a miserable 9-2 loss to the Texas Rangers on Thursday afternoon, but that’s not the point. The point is that Danny Worth came in to pitch the top of the ninth inning and it was fantastic.

Often position players come in to pitch in a blowout and just lob across 80 mph fastballs, but Danny Worth didn’t do that. What Danny Worth did was throw a tremendous knuckleball. And strike out two of the four batters he faced.

MLBAM is being slow to post a video suitable for embedding, but the wonderful and talented Grant Brisbee of SB Nation has come up with a wonderful GIF of the affair.

I think the actual implications here are limited — he’s not going to suddenly become a bullpen relief ace or anything — but it was an enjoyable moment, and one I hope we get to see again.