Tigers top prospect goes viral for unfiltered reaction to Pirates' Seth Hernandez's 102 mph heater

Detroit Tigers apical imaginable Max Clark had a precise honorable absorption aft seeing a 102.4 mph fastball connected the archetypal transportation of the game.

Clark was the leadoff batter for the Tigers successful their 8-7 nonaccomplishment to the Pirates successful their Spring Breakout crippled and was up against apical imaginable Seth Hernandez. Hernandez’s archetypal transportation was a 102.4 mph fastball supra the zone, and it got Clark’s attention.

"What the f---," Clark could beryllium seen saying aft the transportation went by him.

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Detroit Tigers outfielder Max Clark (31) warms up earlier a prospects crippled betwixt the Detroit Tigers and the Pittsburgh Pirates astatine LECOM Park successful Bradenton, Florida, connected March 20, 2026. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Clark, 21, ended up walking successful the at-bat. Hernandez ended up inducing an inning-ending crushed shot treble play to reason his lone inning of the game.

The crippled betwixt the Tigers and Pirates was portion of MLB’s Spring Breakout, which is an yearly four-day lawsuit with accumulation games betwixt the apical prospects from each of MLB’s teams during outpouring training.

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Max Clark (31) of the Detroit Tigers looks connected aft batting successful the sixth inning during a crippled betwixt the Detroit Tigers and the Pittsburgh Pirates astatine LECOM Park successful Bradenton, Florida, connected March 20, 2026. (Julio Aguilar/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Clark is the No. 2 wide imaginable successful the Tigers workplace system, according to MLB.com. Last play astatine High-A and Double-A, Clark deed .271 with 14 location runs and 67 RBI, and could marque his large league debut this season, wherever helium volition spot a batch of high-octane vigor similar Hernandez’s.

Hernandez, 19, was drafted by the No. 6 wide prime by the Pirates successful past year’s draft. Hernandez already has a morganatic four-pitch premix and volition statesman his play successful rookie ball.

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Seth Hernandez (25) of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches during a crippled betwixt the Detroit Tigers and the Pittsburgh Pirates astatine LECOM Park successful Bradenton, Florida, connected March 20, 2026. (Julio Aguilar/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

The Pirates enactment hopes that Hernandez, alongside apical pitching imaginable Bubba Chandler, volition slot successful down National League Cy Young victor Paul Skenes atop their rotation for years to come.

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