A strong Opening Day start could (temporarily) soothe an aching Spring Training where the Yankees dealt a slew of brutal […] ...

Rodón used his four-seam fastball just 26 percent of the time on Thursday, the lowest usage for the left-hander in nearly ...

Alvarado came over to the Phillies via trade following the 2020 season, and pitching coach Caleb Cotham, assessing the ...

O ne of the beautiful aspects of a new baseball season is the concept of reinvention. Everyone starts with a fresh slate come ...

Months later and entirely apart, Yennier Cano also fumbled around the seams of the baseball and settled on a new grip. Cano ...

Of all the pitches in Paul Skenes’ arsenal, he happened upon his best by accident. The “splinker” -- his hybrid ...

I could throw a changeup if I need to.' That evolved into the offseason... After some tinkering, I started to get the ball moving. I mean honestly, better than my sinker, into the negative [vertical].

“Sanchez, a pitcher constantly refining his pitch repertoire, has most notably seen his sinker go from a 92.1 mph average velocity in 2023, to 94.5 in 2024, to 96.9 in the two of those starts ...

Technically, Uribe broke the rules by picking his own pitch. But can you really blame him? “Uribe’s sinker is something different,” said Contreras, who gave the pitch his vote.

He's done all of that and more this spring. Not only has Scherzer impressed in his initial time on the mound in a Blue Jays uniform, but he has done so with a new pitch. The right-hander has added a ...

The Tigers helped Guenther reshape his arsenal, from four-seam and changeup to sinker and slider. Facing Tucker at a crucial juncture in the playoffs, Guenther threw a first-pitch sinker for a ball.

Kirby throws the sinker high and gloveside more than you might expect, using it as a backdoor pitch to righties and a jam pitch to lefties. It comes in around 96 MPH with a good bit of horizontal ...