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Inside the pitches that make Detroit Tigers prospect Tanner Kohlhepp 'meteoric'

LAKELAND, Fla. — Notre Dame pitching coach Chuck Ristano thought back to the first time he played catch with Tanner Kohlhepp.

Well, it wasn't really a game of catch.

Because Ristano couldn't keep track of the baseball.

"It was the first time I ever played catch with one of our pitchers and whiffed," said Ristano, in his 12th season at Notre Dame. "I couldn't catch the ball. It was the most uncomfortable catch play I've ever experienced."