Almost nothing ever lives up to the hype… and certainly nothing ever exceeds it. Except this. Meet the nastiest, filthiest man, alive, Aroldis Chapman. Look, I hate to be the guy to pile on and over hype or rate anyone or anything. But this Cat is disgusting. He was clocked by a scout doing 105 in a minor league game last week. This isn’t some Sidd Finch urban legend either. The guy has that kind of gas.

Photos: Ardolis' Young Career

And last night was spectacular in mowing down the Brewers in his major league debut. 8 pitches, 7 strikes and one to Jonathan Lucroy that hit 102.7 on the gun and then he chases that with a sick, 88 mile per hour slide, piece. Yeah, because that’s fair. His own catcher, Ryan Hanigan says it’s not: “Good luck. It’s a hammer. I saw it in Triple A it’s 88-to-93, it’s moving about a foot and a half. That’s not something that anyone wants to hit, I don’t care how good you are.” Again, I hate to say something like this after seeing a guy pitch to all of three batters, but that is some of the most electric filth I have ever seen in my life.

It reminds me of the baseball quote of the year, Giants reliever Brian Wilson telling this show, “When you’re on the mound and you feel like you can murder someone’s soul out there, failure isn’t an option.” And Aroldis Chapman is now officially collecting big league soul, with Ferrari heat and a redonkulous hook.