PHOENIX — Bob Melvin was talking about the improvement of Padres reliever Steven Wilson, when the San Diego skipper dropped in some cool-kid lingo that's making the rounds in Major League Baseball ...

KANSAS CITY, MO. – When Jhoan Duran struck out the Houston Astros’ Jake Meyers in the eighth inning Sunday, it was a pitch two years in the making. Duran throws a fastball that can reach 104 mph. His ...

There are some special pitches in Major League Baseball from the Ghost Fork to the pitch some have called a "slutter" or a sweeper. This time? We're talking about the "kick change," a pitch that has ...

One of the main things I pay attention to during spring training is changes in pitch velocity and pitchers who are working on ...

When is a pitch a pitch? When is a new pitch type born? Who gets credit? At some point, the slider was not a thing. Then Charles Bender threw his “nickel-curve” so often in the early part of the 20th ...

Over the last few seasons, you may have heard of a relatively new pitch: a “sweeper.” Popularized by pitchers like Yu Darvish and Adam Ottavino, a sweeper features more horizontal movement than a ...

Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes throws seven pitches regularly. Skenes has a fastball, sinker, sweeper, slider, split finger, changeup and curveball. Of course, Skenes doesn't throw all of those ...

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for us to visit the bump on Hump Day and discuss starting pitcher news. Each week in this article, I’ll be taking a deeper look at a few trending/surging starting ...

Welcome back to my pitch review series, where I’ll be taking a look at the five best pitches of each pitch type from last ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When he struck out Houston’s Jake Meyers for the second out of the eighth inning Sunday afternoon, right-hander Jhoan Duran did the little hop on the mound he typically does to ...