In recent years, the slider has become the most talked-about pitch in baseball. Pitchers are throwing it more and more, and hitters are struggling to keep up. Tom Verducci wrote about this phenomenon ...
Simon Mathews, 30, will oversee one of the youngest pitching staffs in baseball and work underneath Blake Butera, MLB’s youngest manager in more than 50 years.
They saw one of their top pitchers, in his age 24 season and only his second full year in the majors, break franchise legend John Smoltz's single-season record by putting up a league-leading 281 ...
Yesterday, we examined the top fastballs in the minor leagues per Stuff+, ranking the top four- and two-seam fastballs as graded based on their unique pitch characteristics. Today, we’ll be continuing ...
The best pitch a pitcher can throw is a well-located fastball, and the Mariners subscribed to that philosophy more than any team in MLB this season. Mariners pitchers combined to throw fastballs (four ...
In an organization that has regularly made ready-or-not calls to its pitching prospects, Rockies No. 19 prospect Welinton ...
Quinn Priester, acquired from the Red Sox back in April, had been a revelation for the Brewers throughout the regular season. Priester pitched to the tune of a 3.32 ERA through 29 appearances (24 ...