inside the yankees How Will Warren went from ‘throwing naked’ to cranking up his fastball in behind-the-scenes Yankees mission By Greg Joyce Published April 3, 2026, 6:20 a.m. ET Will Warren throws a the Yankees complex in Tampa during spring training. Charles Wenzelberg/NY Post There is a good chance that at some point Friday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, Will Warren will throw a couple pitches harder than he ever has in his life, as he did Saturday at Oracle Park.
Part of that has to do with the adrenaline that comes with pitching the home opener.
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But another part of it stems back to a day early this spring when Warren stripped almost all the way down to throw a mo-cap (motion capture) bullpen session inside the pitching lab at the Yankees’ player development complex.
“Throwing naked in there? It’s wild,” Warren said with a chuckle on Wednesday at T-Mobile Park.
