Earlier this month, Jeff Sullivan of FanGraphs wrote about a global trend in pitching throughout MLB. Pitchers are throwing fewer fastballs (as a percentage of total pitches) than ever before, at ...

The last several years have been famously unkind to the sinker. It’s an endangered pitch because, in the eyes of too many, getting swings and misses is the first job of a pitcher, and the sinker doesn ...

Our own Fabian Ardaya recently wrote about how the Los Angeles Dodgers are weaponizing sinkers this season. It’s an interesting, well-researched article that you should read, if only because it will ...

It feels like Opening Day was just last week, but the All-Star break is less than a month away, and the trade deadline is not too far behind that. The samples aren't so small anymore and contenders ...

PITTSBURGH — Clay Holmes had been working to understand his power sinker long before he was acquired by the Yankees in July 2021. The 6-foot-5 right-hander had long been the type of pitcher who had ...

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 ...

Cristopher Sánchez has done quite well for the Philadelphia Phillies in his limited time with the big league club. The 25-year-old left-hander has a 3.48 ERA in nine games this season (two starts), ...

New York Yankees reliever Clay Holmes has developed into one of the more underrated pitchers in baseball. But all it takes is one look at his sinker, and you'll see why. Holmes came over to the ...

Carlos Carrasco's curveball and Zach Britton's sinker rank high on the list of the best pitches in MLB. Getty Images, USA TODAY Sports When trying to determine the best pitches in baseball, there are ...

Fans across Philadelphia can breathe a sigh of relief with each quality start Aaron Nola throws, as he is slowly but surely putting his disappointing 2021 season behind him. Nola is off to an ...

This is the Morning Win, by Andy Nesbitt. Major League Baseball pitchers are getting really good at being able to do some really goofy things with a baseball and by goofy I mean throwing utterly ...