Forkball pitchers are a rare breed, perhaps even rarer than the elusive knuckleballer. The forkball is a pitch that isn’t used much anymore in the major leagues, though its cousin, the split-finger ...

You've read this before. It wasn't even that long ago. Three weeks ago, BP's own Dan Rozenson wrote about Tyler Clippard and his "split-finger fastball." The quotation marks are because you could ...

Kodai Senga, New York Mets' new acquisition's ghost forkball is making quite the buzz as the Japanese pitcher's showcase pitch made a brilliant debut in the MLB. The Mets won their game against the ...

Being a major league pitcher isn't the sweet gig that it used to be. You can't use sticky stuff. You can't take your time. Heck, you can't even rely on over-shifted defenders and small bases to save ...

Soon, New York Mets fans and the baseball world will get a firsthand look at Kodai Senga's famous "ghost forkball." This is a pitch that Senga has built a career on. It comes out of his hand looking ...

While introducing new Mets right-hander Kodai Senga at Citi Field on Monday, general manager Billy Eppler pointed out his own background in professional scouting. “My mentors always talked about guys ...

PORT ST. LUCIE — Kodai Senga’s focus is getting to the regular season in optimum health. With that in mind, the Mets right-hander refrained Wednesday from throwing his signature forkball, a second ...

For a while, whether you called it a forkball or a splitter, Roki Sasaki threw one signature offspeed pitch. You could ...

Matt Carasiti released a pitch and he knew. He had never been injured in all his years throwing a baseball, but he felt that dreaded pop in his right elbow and knew what it meant. “It was one pitch on ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — It is arguably the most mystifying pitch heading into the 2023 Major League Baseball season, and it comes with a mysterious name. The ghost forkball. Kodai Senga's signature ...

Actress Emi Takei will throw the ceremonial opening pitch in the season-opening baseball game between Chunichi and Hiroshima at Nagoya Dome on March 30. Takei, who is also the image character for ...