The hardest pitches thrown this season by the Tampa Bay Rays:
1. Brody Hopkins -- 101.7 mph
2. Brody Hopkins -- 101.5 mph
3. Brody Hopkins -- 101.1 mph
4. Brody Hopkins -- 101.1 mph
5. Brody Hopkins -- 101.1 mph
6. Brody Hopkins -- 101.0 mph
7. Brody Hopkins -- 100.8 mph
8. Brody Hopkins -- 100.8 mph
9. Brody Hopkins -- 100.7 mph
10. Brody Hopkins -- 100.5 mph
11. Brody Hopkins -- 100.5 mph
12. Brody Hopkins -- 100.4 mph
13. Brody Hopkins -- 100.3 mph
14. Brody Hopkins -- 100.2 mph
15. Brody Hopkins -- 100.1 mph
16. Brody Hopkins -- 100.0 mph
17. Brody Hopkins -- 100.0 mph
18. Brody Hopkins -- 100.0 mph
19. Brody Hopkins -- 100.0 mph
20. Brody Hopkins -- 99.9 mph
21. Brody Hopkins -- 99.9 mph
22. Brody Hopkins -- 99.9 mph
23. Brody Hopkins -- 99.8 mph
24. Brody Hopkins -- 99.8 mph
25. Brody Hopkins -- 99.7 mph
26. Brody Hopkins -- 99.7 mph
27. Brody Hopkins -- 99.7 mph
28. Brody Hopkins -- 99.6 mph
29. Brody Hopkins -- 99.6 mph
30. Brody Hopkins -- 99.4 mph
Jonathan Barham retweeted
Brody Hopkins is here and he might already be the nastiest pitcher in baseball.
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Jonathan Barham retweeted
This is legitimately the best fastball and the best curveball in baseball, both thrown by the same man, who literally just debuted a week ago.
Jonathan Barham retweeted
Hide your kids, hide your wife, sell your house, and move off the grid.
There’s a new demon in town.
Jonathan Barham retweeted
Brody Hopkins threw a scoreless inning today in his 2nd career MLB game.
He started the inning with a walk, then locked in. This was a painted 101.1 MPH fastball with an IVB of 20. He also threw some nasty curveballs.
Jonathan Barham retweeted
Brody Hopkins sat 100 mph on his 4-seam, hit 101 mph 3 times, and dropped in a nasty 86.8 mph curveball at 2966 rpms for his first MLB strikeout.
Jonathan Barham retweeted
Hey @Grok, which religious group dominates the Upper West Side?
Odd, there’s not a SINGLE Flock camera on the Upper West Side… 🤔
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Definitely a guy you want in your locker room.
Jonathan Barham retweeted
All countries on earth can't agree to solve basic problems but SOMEHOW they all agreed to ban people from exploring Antarctica. And I'm supposed to believe that because scientists there are studying penguins and layers of ice? OK bro.
Jonathan Barham retweeted
I played Division II ball.
All-American. All-Decade.
I played with guys who transferred from D1 schools and they all said the same thing — the talent is better than why they thought it would be.
So when I see kids say,
“I’ll go D2, get some film, then transfer up to D1…”
I just laugh.
Division II isn’t JV, it’s not JUCO. To think you’ll make a pitstop there and dip is crazy.
Upper-tier D2 is full of grown men. 22–23 years old (now a days probably older). Four to five years deep in real strength programs. Strong. Fast. Violent.
Many of them were D1 talent who were late bloomers, undersized at 17, or just overlooked.
The gap between high-level D2 and lower-level D1? Razor thin. Sometimes nonexistent.
When I was coaching at UL I was shocked at how terrible some schools we played were (NMSU, TXState, etc).
Not all that glitters is gold.
Jonathan Barham retweeted
Guys can party until 4 AM before a game, use drugs daily, abuse their girlfriends, and neglect fatherhood without media criticism.
But when Travis Hunter improves his life by getting baptized and following Jesus, the media claims he's unfocused. 🤦♂️
This shows the mainstream media HATES what’s good and aims to suppress us.
“In the last days good will be called evil and evil called good. "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"” Isaiah 5:20
Be wise my friends and know God’s words 🙏🏻
Jonathan Barham retweeted
First off I want to thank God for giving me the ability to play baseball. Second I want to thank my parents for all they have done for me, and my coaches for pushing me. With that being said I am committed to play baseball at Florence Darlington Technical College!
Kids legit.
.@LIU_Baseball ‘26 INF Jagger Adamo (Connetquot)
6-0, 180LBS. Drives this baseball deep to LCF for an RBI double, giving team Long Island a 4-3 lead. The 2025 League II MVP hit .413 with a 1.279 OPS this spring, en route to the Suffolk AAA Championship.
#LeidermanCup2025
What is with the glorification of HS athletes choosing to reclass? Oh you didn’t get the offers you felt you deserve or wanted? Yeah let’s just reclass and then we’ll be more physically mature than the rest of our competition, surely we’ll get those offers now….
Jonathan Barham retweeted
Just before 2024 Deadline: Acquired in the Randy Arozarena deal
Right after 2025 Deadline: Best pro start, almost a year after joining @RaysBaseball
Brody Hopkins gets 19 swing-and-misses en route to tying his career high with 10 K's for Double-A @BiscuitBaseball:
























