The best weapon in a pitcher's arsenal is the changeup. No doubt "fad" pitches—in Roger Clemens' day, it was the split-finger fastball; Mariano Rivera made the cutter famous—have revitalized careers ...

More than one organization has banned the cutter at one time or another. But it's barely one pitch, and you probably wouldn't want to have banned Mariano Rivera from throwing that pitch. Turns out, ...

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 ...

SURPRISE, Ariz. — Royals coaches hold exit meetings with players at the end of each season. They review the strides players made. They discuss lessons learned. They compile an offseason plan. Last ...

Several of the leading pitchers in this year’s postseason make their living with a cut fastball, most notably Roy Halladay and Mariano Rivera. The list of playoff pitchers who have the cutter as an ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Max Scherzer has come to grips with a finger injury - by coming up with a new, unusual grip for his fastball. The Washington WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Max Scherzer has come ...

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.

Would it surprise you if over a quarter of the curveballs delivered by major-league pitchers in 2013 were thrown with a knuckle-curve grip? It certainly surprised me. This was one of the results of ...

While the split finger fastball, or “splitter” and perhaps the screwball as well, hold the most mystique to many baseball fans, it’s the changeup, once known as the “slow ball” that may be the most ...