Roki Sasaki, the young Japanese pitcher considered one of the best in the world, will finally be posted to MLB, his NPB team, ...
What’s it all about? Let’s dive in. Because it disappears like a ghost when thrown, and also it’s a forkball, which is kind of like a splitter but it’s slower. MLB.com has some more info ...
Only 9 pitchers met the total pitch and batted ball requirements to get a grade, and that includes the Mets’ Kodai Senga’s forkball, whose offering fits here best. As unfair as it was to ...
In Shohei Ohtani's hometown in Japan, now colored Dodger blue for the World Series, a superfan's shrine covers the baseball ...
Many MLB teams are expected to show interest in the 23-year-old Japanese pitcher, known for his fastball and forkball. "I ...
The velocity from last year’s NL Rookie of the Year runner-up mirrored his impressive 2023, Senga regularly touching 97 mph with his fastball and generating whiffs via his signature forkball ...
A “D+” knuckle-curve was his most pressing problem. Kodai Senga’s “A+” forkball was a revelation, but his “C+” four-seamer and “C” slider held him back. He will start 2024 on the ...
Many of those offerings were not particularly close, with his trademark forkball, specifically, starting uncompetitively below the strike zone. Advertisement Still, Senga moved within an out of ...
They were balls out of the hand. Definitely off today." Senga didn’t have command of his best pitch, the forkball, spiking three of them in the first inning alone. His fastball was also down ...
When healthy, Senga is one of the more imposing pitchers in baseball thanks to his mythic putaway pitch, the “Ghost Forkball.
But Los Angeles did chase against San Diego (35.2%) and the Mets are loaded with starters who can get those chase swings (Senga on his forkball, Sean Manaea on his sweeper and change, Jose ...
He just didn’t have it today." Senga didn’t have command of his best pitch, the forkball, spiking three of them in the first inning alone. His fastball was also down, averaging 93.5 mph ...