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 ...
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 ...
We know Shohei Ohtani is an almost mythical creature, an offensive juggernaut (30 home runs this year) combined with an ace pitcher with a major-league-leading K/9 (among qualified starters) of 12:1 ...
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 ...
TORONTO -- Quinn Priester managed to show quality control by producing his first ever major-league outing without a free pass Sunday afternoon. He focused on competing in the zone and making opposing ...
A strong Opening Day start could (temporarily) soothe an aching Spring Training where the Yankees dealt a slew of brutal injuries. As the team jogged onto the field for the first pitch, they did so ...
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 ...
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), ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...