The Chicago Cubs’ Shota Imanaga is one of only 16 left-handed starters in the last 17 seasons to throw a splitter, a pitch he is using to generate whiffs at an incredible rate.

A Splinker is a baseball pitch, a cross between a splitter and a sinker. It's thrown by Pirates ace Paul Skenes, along with ...

The 22-year-old has bolstered his repertoire heading into the 2016 season, however, as he’s now trying out a splitter taught to him by teammate Jonathan Papelbon, Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post ...

The nastiness of Imanaga’s splitter goes beyond his elite command. Big league hitters aren’t used to seeing lefties throw the pitch.

When Austin Hedges noticed an Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher throw a split-finger fastball earlier this month, the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher asked 43-year-old left-hander Rich Hill if he’d ...

Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal and right-hander Kenta Maeda were talking Sunday morning about splitters on the TigerTown backfields.

Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal and right-hander Kenta Maeda were talking Sunday morning about splitters on the TigerTown backfields.

Apparently, locating his fastball is more important than winning the game to Jonathan Papelbon. While Papelbon at times has an excellent split-fingered fastball, it’s his four-seamer that has ...

Ross Detwiler threw a splitter Wednesday night, two days after he tried it for the very first time.

Michael Waterloo takes you for a spin around spring training — the splitter is sweeping the nation, Mike Trout has speed and more!