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College baseball pitcher with weird windup throws 100 mph

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Larry Brown | Last updated Feb 17, 2025 3:03 AM ET

Trying to hit a pitcher who throws 100 mph is already hard enough. It’s even tougher to do it off a pitcher who has a hitch in his windup like Brian Curley.

Curley, a junior right handed pitcher for the Georgia Bulldogs, tossed two scoreless innings in his team’s 7-3 win over UNCW on Saturday. He drew attention online after hitting triple digits with a hitch.

Curley lit up the radar gun throwing 100 mph despite a pause in his delivery. You can see the flame-thrower in action against UNCW.

Georgia’s Brian Curley throwing 100 with a pause in his delivery is diabolical pic.twitter.com/RfuyRrzDlR
— Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47) February 15, 2025

Curley allowed just one walk and struck out three over his two scoreless innings. He spent his first two seasons at VCU and was a 16th-round pick by the Pirates last year.

Curley went 6-0 with three saves last year and posted a 2.87 ERA in 78.1 innings with 78 strikeout and 35 walks in 19 relief appearances. Thanks to his hard throwing and his hitch, he’s making a name for himself.

Curley did some tremendous work over the last few years that paid off.

Brian Curley Transformation:

What does 4 years of development look like going from 86-88 to 93-96 T98 and a 16th round draft pick in this years MLB Draft. All at 5’10.

Here’s a look at his story@briancurley42 @TreadHQ pic.twitter.com/XnCJNY8qab
— matt marsili (@MattMarsili) July 30, 2024