One of the game's hardest throwers delivers ... a 32.6 mph HBP?

No batter wants to be hit by a pitch, but if they are going to get plunked, they probably all want the pitch to be like the one that made contact with the Giants’ Drew Gilbert on Saturday against the Dodgers.

In the ninth inning of Los Angeles’ 10-4 victory, Dodgers reliever Seth Halvorsen threw a 1-2 pitch to Gilbert that hit the outfielder on his right thigh. But it probably didn’t leave a mark since the pitch registered at just 32.6 mph and bounced on its way toward the plate.

That makes it the slowest recorded pitch on a HBP in the pitch-tracking era (since 2008). It surpassed the previous record-holder, a 34.2 mph pitch from the Reds’ Jose Trevino that hit the Pirates’ Jake Mangum on May 2.

Halvorsen, who was optioned to Triple-A on Sunday among a series of Dodgers roster moves, is one of the game’s hardest throwers, with an average fastball velo of 98.9 mph. But he appeared to either slip or have one of his cleat spikes get caught in the mound. That took the right-hander completely out of his delivery, but he still lobbed the pitch toward home.

It’s been a big week for funny hit-by-pitches. Saturday’s blooper occurred one week after the Guardians’ Joey Cantillo hit the Twins’ Brooks Lee with a 39.9 mph offering.