Sam Briend and Matt Blake have long been considered some of the best minds in baseball, and their work with the Yankees since being hired in 2020 speaks for itself. They’ve built a pitching empire in ...

Tonight the atmosphere at T-Mobile Park felt like when your parents have a party and invite a bunch of strangers and you’re like: who are all these people in my house? In a sold-out stadium between ...

No one in baseball throws the elevated four-seam fastball better than Tyler Glasnow. The Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander ranks first in Baseball Savant’s Pitch Run Values on fastballs in the upper ...

We know Shohei Ohtani is an almost mythical creature, an offensive juggernaut (30 home runs this year) combined with an ace pitcher with a major-league-leading K/9 (among qualified starters) of 12:1 ...

When Jeremy Hefner dug into the 2022 version of Jorge López, he noticed sinkers. A lot of them. López attributed his success that year — a 1.62 ERA when he trekked to Dodger Stadium for his lone ...

For nearly every pitcher in baseball, establishing a quality fastball is one of the most essential steps for someone to find success. Fastball pitches (4-seam, 2-seam, sinker, cutter) make up just shy ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Kyle Gibson, one of the nine pitchers added this past winter and in Cardinals spring training, shows the grip on his two-seam ...

Notes on José Berríos new changeup, Adam Cimber's tweaked setup, Zach Pop's Sinker and other Blue Jays pitchers. Four of José Berríos' first six pitches against the Rays were changeups. He got Brandon ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees right-hander Marcus Stroman sat up in his chair with a sudden twinge of curiosity. He reached into his locker at Steinbrenner Field and grabbed his cellphone, then snapped a ...

DENVER — When Codi Heuer joined his new team in Washington, D.C., the Cubs pitching infrastructure, led by pitching coach Tommy Hottovy, presented him with some concepts that could help maximize his ...