WATCH: 7-foot-4 college hoops star — and hurler — stuns mascot with wildly off-target first pitch
Zach Edey appears to have lost his touch in baseball.
The 7-foot-4 star from Purdue, who has entered the 2024 NBA Draft, was previously a pitcher in his teenage years before dedicating himself to basketball.
Recently, the 21-year-old was at Wrigley Field in Chicago to deliver the ceremonial first pitch at a Cubs-Padres game. However, his pitch was so errant that it shocked Clark the Cub, the team’s mascot. Edey’s attempt flew over the batter’s box for left-handed hitters, bounced off the ground, and ricocheted off the advertising board behind home plate.
Zach Edey's first pitch was just a little outside 😭😭
(via @watchmarquee) pic.twitter.com/m1a7xTkdh1
— MLB (@MLB) May 7, 2024
Clark the Cub, positioned as Edey’s catcher, turned to follow the wayward ball and then looked back at Edey with a look of disbelief, as much as a mascot’s permanent expression allows.
Back in 2017, according to Prep Baseball Ontario, Edey, originally from Toronto, had a fastball that reached speeds between 74-76 mph and a changeup ranging from 68-71 mph.
2020 6'11 RHP Zachry Edey
FB: 74-76
CH: 68-71#FGT2017 pic.twitter.com/y5q3cR9Bwe— Prep Baseball Ontario (@PrepBaseballON) July 5, 2017
