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 ...

Baseball pitches aren’t living creatures; they don’t have feathers. They do fly, though, and to an incurious or uninitiated observer, their flights and behaviors could blend together. “Pitches,” one ...

Liam Doyle's "invisiball" fastball, gripped like a generic four-seamer, is a key weapon for Tennessee baseball. Doyle's fastball has exceptional vertical break and a high spin rate, making it ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — New York Mets right-hander Griffin Canning was looking to tinker in one of his first throwing sessions against batters this spring. He’d been working on a two-seam fastball and ...

Pitching is an art unique to each hurler that steps on the mound. While the types of pitches each pitcher throws may be similar, it's how they grip and throw them that gives each one a personal touch.

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — A year after the Mets drafted him, instantly installing his powerful right arm as perhaps the most talented in their farm system, Blade Tidwell is getting a grip — on his secondary ...

Lakeland, Fla. — There was a time in baseball, not too long ago, when clubs discouraged pitchers from adding pitches and extending their repertoire. Master three or four pitches and stay with them, ...