Standing at his locker in Atlanta last month following the worst start of his season, Justin Verlander shook his head as he hinted at making adjustments. He explained that the performance of certain ...

Opening day 2023, first inning, two outs and a man on. Teoscar Hernández strolls up for his first at-bat for the Seattle Mariners. Shane Bieber is on the mound for Cleveland. Hernández, the new ...

Welcome to Mixing It Up, a weekly column where I look at starting pitchers who are making noteworthy changes to their pitch mix or pitch shape/velocity. In this column, I’ll break down three to five ...

The Toronto Blue Jays (21-27) have had a difficult season so far, with several injuries impacting the team's roster construction, but one player has been largely as advertised: Dylan Cease, who was ...

Welcome to Sliders, a weekly in-season MLB column that focuses on both the timely and timeless elements of the game. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Billy Wagner broke his right arm twice when he was 5 years old.

Giants reliever Tyler Rogers has been in the majors for five years now, but seeing him pitch still never gets old. Rogers, who has spent his entire career with San Francisco, was joined in the Giants’ ...

Texas baseball ace Jared Spencer spent most of his life trying to slow down his slider, deploying it as an off-speed complement to a fastball that Spencer can dial up to 97 miles per hour. Max Weiner, ...

"A little bit of both," Rocker said Wednesday at Globe Life Field. It plays that way too. Rocker's "slider" carried an average of 42 vertical inches of drop in his major league debut against the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Blengino covers all things baseball, with an analytical bent. We’re going pitch by pitch through the arsenals of all starting ...