Watching a pitcher warmup is far from the most exciting thing you will witness at a baseball stadium, unless that pitcher is RHP Matthias Dietz out of the Baltimore Orioles system. Typically, if the bullpen is open to the field and vulnerable to batted balls, you will see another pitcher or catcher protect his guys while a new pitcher warms up. It’s a highly underappreciated job.
However, when Dietz warms up, fielders beware of stray pitches finding their way into the field of play.
A second-round pick of the Orioles back in 2016 out of John A Logan Community College in Illinois, Dietz was considered by many outlets to be the top JUCO arm in the draft and a possible fast riser up through the Orioles system.