Nolan McLean threw one of the craziest sweepers ever

Del Castillo would go on to ground out in the at-bat. But McLean still managed to fan eight batters through 6.1 impressive innings on Thursday.

Unfortunately however, McLean was let down by his bullpen after exiting in the seventh with a 1-0 lead and two runners on base. Mets reliever Luke Weaver came in and allowed both inherited runners to score plus another two Arizona batters as the Mets finished the frame trailing 4-1 instead.

But that hardly diminishes what the 24-year-old McLean has accomplished in his brief MLB career thus far. As a rookie last season, McLean was 5-1 with a 2.06 ERA and a 1.04 WHIP over eight starts. Then in his first two starts of the 2026 season, McLean went 1-0 with a 2.62 ERA and a glowing 0.87 WHIP.

We have seen some pretty nasty sweepers in the past (usually from fellow NL pitching phenom Paul Skenes). But an 85-mph dart with over two feet of horizontal break deposited perfectly on the corner from McLean is in an entirely different category of filth.