The 2018 Dodgers have a habit of bending pitch classifications. First came Alex Wood’s “slider.” Wood throws the pitch with a knuckle-curveball grip, and for years the pitch taggers at PitchInfo ...

A couple years ago, the cut fastball was Mariano Rivera's pitch. He was the only pitcher in baseball who threw it with any regularity, not to mention with any real skill. Now it seems like every ...

Tim Hudson throws a cutter. Kenley Jansen throws a cutter. But are we really talking about the same pitch? It wasn’t that long ago that features popped up across the baseball world heralding the rise ...

Over the first few weeks of Baseball America’s new podcast The 90th Percentile we’ve had an opportunity to discuss pitching development and the recent advances in training with some of the top ...

Some of the most interesting stories to come out of spring training surround players who make material changes and are open about them with the media. A.J. Griffin, who ate 200 innings for the ...

Walker scrapped his cut fastball and added a slider to his repertoire, the Seattle Times reports. Walker said he's worked on the slider throughtout spring because his cutter didn't move enough. "It ...

Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester has been a pleasant surprise this season. After a rough 2012, Lester managed to rebound in 2013. While his ERA dropped back to acceptable levels, his strikeout rate didn't ...

The 2010 baseball season was the closest we have come to having "The Year of the Pitcher" since 1968. Back then it was customary to win more than 20 games and batting averages just barely slid into ...

The venue is called Fabacher Field, and it’s the home of the Acadiana Cane Cutters baseball team. This college-level, minor league-ish squad has been around for 10 or 11 years, depending on how you ...