Explaining Yapson Gomez's weird windup on display at Giants spring training

Jordan Heck

Explaining Yapson Gomez's weird windup on display at Giants spring training image

Every pitcher has their own unique windup, but most are pretty typical.

A few pitchers stand out from the crowd. Guys like Dontrelle Willis with his leg kick, Pat Neshek who pitches like Marge Simpson or Johnny Cueto who does a little shimmy before throwing. The list goes on, and Giants prospect Yapson Gomez can be added to that list.

Gomez made his spring training debut for the Giants on Tuesday, pitching against the Rangers in the fifth inning. Gomez was solid, recording two strikeouts in a scoreless inning. But we're here to talk about his insane windup.

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Some people loved it.

Others hated it.

Some made jokes

Yapson Gomez's windup, explained

Chances are, you probably haven't heard of Yapson Gomez unless you're really a diehard baseball fan. He's played seven seasons of minor league baseball, most recently with the Cleveland Indians' Class-A Lynchburg Hillcats.

Throughout the course of his minor league pitching career, Gomez has always had an odd delivery. Reporter Anders Jorstad covered some of his minor league games, and says that Gomez has changed his styles a number of times.

"Believe it or not, this is actually more condensed than how he did it at times in Lynchburg last year," Jorstad tweeted about Gomez's Giants video. "He adds a new hitch to it every couple of weeks, though. ... Sometimes he adds little flares and variations in there to mix it up. In Frederick the crowd was taunting him for it so he added a point to the crowd in the middle of it all."

Jorstad also said he asked Gomez about why he does it, and here's what he said.

Yapson Gomez's windup history

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Jordan Heck is a Social Media Producer at Sporting News. Before working here, he was a Digital Content Producer at The Indianapolis Star. He graduated with a degree from Indiana University.