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Mike D. Sykes, II

Twins reliever Jhoan Duran just broke the record for fastest pitch in team history — again — with this ridiculous fastball

There’s throwing gas out there on the diamond and then there’s whatever Jhoan Duran is doing.

This dude is completely ridiculous. He might be the most fascinating pitcher in baseball at this point. He’s out here throwing Splinkers at 100 miles per hour and Curveballs at 90. These are things that just should not be possible.

If he’s doing that with movement pitches, then you’d best believe fast balls are absolutely no problem for this dude. He’s out here throwing joints that are shattering team records over and over and over again.

He tossed a 104 mph fastball on Tuesday night that shattered his own previously established records at 103.1 and 103.3 set back in May. Good luck hitting this bad boy.

This pitch technically came in at 103.8, but when you round up you get to 104. This dude is breaking the game.

At this point, it feels like a foregone conclusion that he’ll tie Aroldis Chapman’s record for fastest pitch in MLB history at 105 mph. We’ll see. In the meantime, though, the Twins better be ready to clear out that record book.

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