外电原文：
https://www.si.com/mlb/2024/05/01/yankees-clay-homes-mesmerizing-pitch-overlay
影片连结：
https://iiil.io/jLjF
New York Yankees closer Clay Holmes has been lights out thus far into the 2024
season, and that continued during Wednesday night's matchup against the Balti
more Orioles.
洋基队终结者Clay Holmes在2024球季开季至今的表现可以说是所向披靡。在今天刚结束
的以2:0战胜金鸟的比赛他也持续了这样的好表现。
Holmes pitched 1 2/3 innings on Wednesday, picking up his league-best 10th sav
e of the season. During the outing, his 15th consecutive scoreless appearance
of the campaign, Holmes had some nasty bite on his breaking pitches.
Holmes在这场比赛中投了1.2局，并最终成功拿下领先大联盟的第10次救援成功。连同上
赛季，目前为止他已经是连续15次出赛都没有失分。而在这15次的出赛当中，可以看到Ho
lmes的变化球都有着很“恶心的”变化轨迹。
Orioles hitters simply couldn't keep up with the range of breaking pitches he
was serving up, and a pitch overlay video of Holmes's 97-mph sinker and 85-mph
sweeper, courtesy of Rob Friedman, offered a prime example as to why his pitc
hes have proven largely unhittable.
金鸟打者完全无法跟上Holmes所丢出的变化球。稍早Rob Friedman也在X上放了一个将Hol
mes的97-mph伸卡球和85-mph的sweeper的投球轨迹重叠起来的影片。不难看出为什么金鸟
打者根本碰不到Holmes投的球。
Holmes's sinker runs sharply back over the plate, with some seriously nasty la
te bite. Meanwhile, the sweeper breaks hard to the outside (against right-hand
ed hitters), making for a truly devastating combination.
Holmes的伸卡球在到本垒板前会有一个很突然而且变化幅度很大的下坠。而他的sweeper
对右打者来说则是会大幅度地朝他们的外角突然急转弯。这真的是TM一个很恶心的组合。
The pitch overlay video had MLB fans in awe, as the baseball world could all a
gree that facing the 31-year-old seems like an unfair battle for any hitter.
这个影片让很多球迷都吓到吃手手。大家应该都可以同意没有人想要面对现况这么好的Ho
lmes。
心得：
Holmes从当初海盗交易来时一个ERA破5的免洗牛，被改造成站稳我基的终结者，真的是不
容易。也希望Holmes可以持续维持这样的好表现。虽然ERA不可能一直保持在完美的0，但
还是期待他可以带领我基牛棚在这赛季稳稳关门赢下比赛。