The story behind Minor League Baseball's most unique pitching delivery

While everyone in the stands at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium can watch in amazement at Jacob Patterson's windup on the mound, the first year Palm Beach Cardinal can't see a single one of them until the ball leaves his hand.
Before releasing his pitch, Patterson's back is completely facing the batter, and his head pointed toward the center field wall. It wasn't always like this for the 22-year old.
To give you an idea of how twisted his body is before he delivers the ball, Patterson said he looks at second base, and then the ground right in front of the base.
The Dallas, Texas native had a rough start to his collegiate career to the point where he wasn't even thinking about professional baseball.
"The only thing on my mind was getting a degree and finding out where I was gonna go next after college, and somehow this just started clicking for me."
The Texas native said a coach on the Texas Tech staff told him to try turning all the way around, where Patterson's position currently is, before he throws a pitch.
"I thought it was really cool, because at first I was like I have nothing better to do, how bout just have a little fun with this. Because at first was turning a little bit, and he said just turn all the way (around)."
Needless to say, the new pitching style worked and Patterson was drafted in the 13th round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. He enjoyed success during his first season at Rookie Level Johnson City, pitching 23 1/3 innings with a 1.93 ERA, earning him a call-up to Advanced-A Palm Beach to begin the 2018 season.
Even Patterson doesn't have a reasonable explanation to how or why this new style brought him success on the mound.
"I just started working and everything started clicking, I don't know how, it just kind of does. I just guess the way my body works, my double-jointed hips and shoulder blades help it out."
Everyone around Patterson, including himself, love the windup almost as much as they love hearing broadcasters that are witnessing it for the first time.  
"My dad loves it, my family thinks it's great. It's fun to go out there and do something different. It keeps people off balance. I always know announcers get a kick out of it because no one every sees it, I think it's kind of funny because my dad would always watch me on T.V in college and he'd be listening to the announcers talk and they'd say "what the heck is going on here. I always thought it was fun, makes me laugh a little bit. It gets the job done, so I'm not complaining."
While each person may have a different word that describes his windup, Patterson said he prefers to use "unique."
It's tough to argue with that.