One of the best prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ farm system was so pissed off over being hit by a baseball Saturday — he straight-up charged the mound and attacked the pitcher who threw it.
The wild scene all went down in an Arizona Fall League game in Scottsdale … when Bucs outfield prospect Canaan Smith-Njigba was drilled in the upper shoulder area by a pitch from Red Sox prospect Josh Winckowski.
Canaan Smith-Njigba and Josh Winckowski were at the center of an Arizona Fall League brawl this afternoon. @jnorris427 has more: https://t.co/ggRT3rHZIy pic.twitter.com/7R8xkfWMXY
— Baseball America (@BaseballAmerica) November 7, 2021
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In video of the play, captured by Baseball America, you can see Smith-Njigba immediately ran at Winckowski after being plunked — and started throwing punches.
The guy appeared to land three huge right hands … before the rest of the players on the field dove into the scrum to break things up.
Both Winckowski and Smith-Njigba were ejected for their roles in the fight … though no word yet on if they face further punishment.
As for why Smith-Njigba was so irate over being hit … the two teams had played Friday night — and one of Smith-Njigba’s teammates had been hit in a similar fashion during that game.
The two are set to play again on Thursday night … here’s to hoping the guys have cooled off by then.