Hardly ever does a foul ball come again to harm a pitcher, however on Tuesday, Hunter Greene was feeling the ache.
Throughout a reside batting apply session in Arizona on Tuesday afternoon, Greene, 24, was on the mound and pitching to Elly De La Cruz when the budding infielder smacked a liner foul — that clipped and smashed one of many home windows of the pitcher’s automobile.
Photos and movies on social media of the SUV confirmed a baseball-sized shattering of the rear window on the driving force’s facet of the automobile.
“You’re paying for that!” Greene mentioned after the harm was carried out, per Fox 19.
“You make greater than me,” De La Cruz retorted to the $53 million pitcher, according to reporter Mike Petraglia.
Greene posted a photograph on his Instagram Story with De La Cruz, captioning it: “Higher have @safelite on pace dial.”
The No. 2 total decide within the 2017 draft then posted a video of the harm, writing “Actual because it will get for these of you questioning.”
The Reds are hoping what’s additionally “actual” is that they’ll construct off their turnaround final season that noticed them end 82-80 and simply shy of a Nationwide League wild-card berth.
Greene and Cruz can be two of the cogs that would get Cincinnati again into the postseason for the primary time for the reason that shortened 2020 season.
Although Greene has a 4.62 ERA over his first two MLB seasons, he has one of many recreation’s premier fastballs that averages 98 mph and has helped him whiff greater than 30 p.c of the batters he’s confronted since getting into the massive leagues.
De La Cruz burst onto the scene final 12 months with a powerful begin to his rookie marketing campaign, hitting for the cycle in simply his fifteenth profession recreation.
The 22-year-old electrified followers along with his five-tool skills, even stealing three bases — together with residence — throughout one inning final season.
He struggled down the stretch, although, hitting .191 in his closing 68 video games.
Now, the Reds are hoping for an additional break.