Drew Smyly didn’t know how unique his curveball was until he was 30 years old and in his eighth organization. With the San Francisco Giants in 2020, then-GM Scott Harris took Smyly aside and let him ...

Even though many pitchers will test new pitches in the spring, they can often be abandoned when the regular season starts. It can often be more informative to see which pitchers have drastically ...

Detroit — Spencer Torkelson has been a front-row witness to so many of Jack Flaherty’s crimes against hitters the last two seasons, he can almost predict an outcome after a couple of pitches. Like ...

BRADENTON, Fla. --It was important for the Pirates this year to do what they can to help their pitchers know the new rules that come with the pitch clock. Sometimes those new rules aren't always so ...

The Atlanta Braves ace continues to find ways to improve his game, even after leading the league in strikeouts and setting a new franchise single-season record in the process The Atlanta Braves could, ...

The heat that Orioles reliever Mike Baumann brings with his fastball isn’t what he used to burn the Mariners on Saturday afternoon. Baumann was put in the unenviable spot of inheriting an automatic ...

Spencer Strider led Major League Baseball in strikeouts last season, and it wasn't particularly close. The flame-throwing starter has one of baseball's most electric fastballs to go along with an ...

No batter out there wants to fall behind in the count, but that is especially true when they're facing a pitcher like the Mariners' Matt Brash. It almost never ends well for the hitter. In just his ...

The ritual repeated itself each spring for the better part of a decade at Camelback Ranch. Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw would pick the brain of fellow left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu about changeups. Ryu ...