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This Yankees reliever's belt couldn't handle the ferocity of his own windup

When last we heard from Jonathan Holder, he was appearing in relief for the Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre RailRiders, and doing it extremely well -- specifically, he struck out 11 (!) batters in a row, and 12 of the 13 he faced. 
But maybe you were still skeptical. Some especially crazy small sample size theater. Surely, no one could be that good. Well, when the rosters expanded in September, the Yankees called Holder up. And during Thursday's wild walk-off win against the Rays, he proved that wasn't a fluke. Not only did he allow two hits over two innings of work, but he delivered a pitch so hard that his belt broke:

Don't worry, Jonathan -- if you need a spare, we hear Yasiel Puigknows a guy.

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