The Atlanta Braves easily won Saturday's NL East clash with the Phillies. And as we've grown accustomed to seeing in blowouts, the Phillies resorted to a position player pitching in order to preserve the bullpen.
But hey, sometimes it can be entertaining when a position player takes the mound, and Garrett Stubbs certainly tried his best to mess with Matt Olson.
The Braves first baseman stepped to the plate with Atlanta already up by seven runs. Stubbs' game plan appeared to be pretty standard in this situations: Throw as slowly as possible.
He threw three pitches of 36, 40 and 36 mph. And Olson was laughing after he swung and missed at one. But then Stubbs went for a little velocity change, and take a look at how Olson reacted to it.
Garrett Stubbs,
37mph Slow Ball and 83mph Fastball, Individual Pitches + Overlay. pic.twitter.com/BkfLgjhuO7
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 13, 2026
Matt Olson's reaction after Garrett Stubbs tried to blow 83mph by him after throwing mid-30s. 🤣
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 13, 2026
MF'er pic.twitter.com/ISVGC111IV
With two strikes, Stubbs tried to sneak an 83 mph fastball by Olson, and Olson just narrowly missed taking Stubbs deep on it.
But as Olson was making his way to first to jog out the fly out, we could see a little NSFW message to Stubbs.
He really went there.
Michael Harris II hit a home run off Stubbs a couple at-bats later. The Braves would win, 12-2.
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