From Twitter.com:
Please help us identify this weird-ass pitch
This is a knuckleball that ... I mean, wait, it’s a circle change ... unless ... please help, Internet.


"No-spin" ball by Takayuki Kishi. #npbeng http://t.co/VIahoqdgCV
— パ・リーグTV公式 (@PacificleagueTV) June 19, 2015 Please help, Internet.
This is the grip:
The obvious answer is that it’s a hard knuckler, but then the grip makes it confusing, like it’s a circle change.The few scouting reports I can find in English don’t help.
With an overhand delivery, Kishi throws a high-80s four-seam fastball (tops out at 93 mph), changeup, slider, and a solid-average curveball around 70 mph.
No mention of that thing up there. It’s probably just a hard knuckler. Still, check out that weird, hard knuckler.












