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Charles Curtis

Venezuela pitcher Yapson Gomez shows off his quirky leg-shaking windup in the World Baseball Classic

Move over, Nestor Cortes. There’s another pitcher who has a quirky, delayed delivery.

That would be Venezuela pitcher Yapson Gomez, who has been playing in the World Baseball Classic. Before that, he saw some minor league action with the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Guardians organizations, but this feels like the first time we’re truly getting to see his windup, which is full of quirks that include a leg-shake or two as he’s getting ready to fire.

Would this be considered a balk now? I’m not sure!

People on Twitter naturally loved seeing it and had so many thoughts on his delivery:

 

Here it is from a few years ago:

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