Justin Lawrence sees sweeper on highway

May 15, 2023

Manny Randhawa

"Caution: Watch for sweepers."

Now that is a warning many hitters would have liked prior to seeing Justin Lawrence's signature pitch before they swung and missed. It's also a highway sign that Lawrence himself saw while driving the other night.

The Rockies' 28-year-old reliever is on the rise, and it's thanks largely to his devastating sweeper -- a slider with a very prominent horizontal "sweeping" movement.

Lawrence owns a 3.07 ERA (167 ERA+) for Colorado, and ranks in the top 15 percent of qualified pitchers in expected batting average against him (.200), expected slugging percentage (.297), expected ERA (2.76) and barrel rate (4%).

Lawrence tweeted a picture of the sign with an apt caption because, well, what else can you say but "Lol."

Lol 🥏🥏🥏 pic.twitter.com/0v9YrmiBr0

Perhaps they should take that sign and hang it somewhere batters can see it at Coors Field whenever Lawrence is summoned from the bullpen.