With each day passing, Major League Baseball is getting more interesting. The season has just started and is far from over. Recently, the San Francisco Giants pitcher has been hitting headlines because of his body physique. Yes, with his MLB debut, Aaron Judge has some company in height.
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The Giants pitcher named Sean Hjelle made his big league debut on Friday. Ever since his debut, the Giants pitcher has become a hot topic in MLB. It’s not that there are no tall pitchers in MLB, but the Giants pitcher is truly a giant in height.
6-foot-11 Sean Hjelle is warming up in the bullpen 👀 pic.twitter.com/AS3azvmjr1
— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) May 7, 2022
Sean Hjelle made his Major League Baseball debut against the St. Louis Cardinals. Apart from his height saga, the Giants pitcher had a good debut game. The 6-foot-11 recorded his first career strikeout in MLB. Coming to his height, Hjelle tied the record of the tallest pitcher with retired Jon Rauch. Now, Sean Hjelle, along with Jon Rauch, is the tallest pitcher in the history of MLB.
MLB fans react as Sean Hjelle becomes the tallest MLB pitcher
With 6-foot-11, Hjelle is of course the tallest pitcher in the league, but Aaron Judge is not far behind him. The Yankees star’s height is 6-foot-7. When Hjelle made his debut with the Giants, baseball fans reacted crazily. As they could not believe a person with that much height is not playing basketball, but baseball.
Many fans reacted to his height with his team’s name, the San Francisco Giants. Some referred to him as a giant playing for the Giants, while some said that he is playing the wrong sport.
Can we talk about the tall SOB Sean Hjelle! Holy shit!
— Dougie Freshness $AMC (@Douglasm1986) May 7, 2022
That’s a giant pitcher pic.twitter.com/tPSuDWfI4q
— Jose (@andrade_jose) May 7, 2022
There is a 6’11” pitcher currently in MLB
Sean Hjelle
He plays for the Giants, of course
— Neily Dan (@neily_dan) May 7, 2022
One user even said that the NBA franchise, LA Lakers, needs him. The other one called his record height is more interesting than the game of baseball.
Lakers need him
— Bruh (@marj_joe) May 7, 2022
This is more interesting then the game of baseball itself
— jarrod (@Jgoosew) May 7, 2022
Another baseball fan took a hilarious dig at the Houston Astros player Jose Altuve, whose height is 5-foot-6. The fan said that they would like to see Hjelle play against Altuve.
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A Twitter user named Marisa suggested Hjelle should get an extra inch in his cleats so that his height will become 7-foot.
I’d like to see him pitch against altuve😂
— #TreyLanceSZN (@SacRoyalty96) May 7, 2022
Just saying, when I asked Sean Hjelle last week how tall he was he said “7 foot” … I think he deserves the extra inch, especially in cleats 😂
— marisa🕊 (@thebalanceright) May 7, 2022
The reactions are endless, but what do you think? Is Hjelle playing the wrong sport?
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