Benjamin Alan Joyce (born September 17, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at the University of Tennessee, where he gained acclaim for throwing the fastest pitch in college baseball history at . Joyce was selected by the Angels in the third round of the 2022 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut in 2023. Amateur career Joyce grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, and attended Farragut High School. He entered high school at and weighed and did not make the varsity baseball team until his junior year, by which time he had grown to tall. Joyce enrolled at Walters State Community College along with his twin brother Zach, and missed his freshman season due to a stress fracture in his elbow. By the end of the year, he had grown to tall. As a sophomore, Joyce went 3–1 with a 4.79 ERA and 35 strikeouts in innings pitched. Joyce and his brother committed to transfer to Tennessee to continue their college careers. Joyce tore the ulnar collateral ligament during a fall practice and had Tommy John surgery, causing him to miss his first season at Tennessee. In his first healthy season at Tennessee as a redshirt junior, Joyce gained national attention for regularly throwing his fastball over , throwing as hard as . On May 1, 2022, he threw the fastest recorded pitch in the history of college baseball with a fastball. Joyce finished the season with a 2.23 ERA and 53 strikeouts in innings pitched over 27 appearances. Professional career The Los Angeles Angels selected Joyce in the third round in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Angels on July 22, 2022, and received a $1 million signing bonus. Joyce was assigned to the Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas to start his professional career. In Joyce's first professional game, he gave up four hits and two earned runs with a strikeout in one inning of relief pitching. He finished his first professional season at 1–0 with a 2.08 ERA, 20 strikeouts, and a save in 13 appearances.

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Benjamin Alan Joyce (born September 17, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at the University of Tennessee, where he gained acclaim for throwing the fastest pitch in college baseball history at . Joyce was selected by the Angels in the third round of the 2022 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut in 2023. Amateur career Joyce grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, and attended Farragut High School. He entered high school at and weighed and did not make the varsity baseball team until his junior year, by which time he had grown to tall. Joyce enrolled at Walters State Community College along with his twin brother Zach, and missed his freshman season due to a stress fracture in his elbow. By the end of the year, he had grown to tall. As a sophomore, Joyce went 3–1 with a 4.79 ERA and 35 strikeouts in innings pitched. Joyce and his brother committed to transfer to Tennessee to continue their college careers. Joyce tore the ulnar collateral ligament during a fall practice and had Tommy John surgery, causing him to miss his first season at Tennessee. In his first healthy season at Tennessee as a redshirt junior, Joyce gained national attention for regularly throwing his fastball over , throwing as hard as . On May 1, 2022, he threw the fastest recorded pitch in the history of college baseball with a fastball. Joyce finished the season with a 2.23 ERA and 53 strikeouts in innings pitched over 27 appearances. Professional career The Los Angeles Angels selected Joyce in the third round in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Angels on July 22, 2022, and received a $1 million signing bonus. Joyce was assigned to the Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas to start his professional career. In Joyce's first professional game, he gave up four hits and two earned runs with a strikeout in one inning of relief pitching. He finished his first professional season at 1–0 with a 2.08 ERA, 20 strikeouts, and a save in 13 appearances.

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Benjamin Alan Joyce (born September 17, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at the University of Tennessee, where he gained acclaim for throwing the fastest pitch in college baseball history at . Joyce was selected by the Angels in the third round of the 2022 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut in 2023.