Washington Nationals starting pitcher Joe Ross throws during a spring training baseball workout, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, in Viera, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) AP Nationals pitching prospect Joe Ross ...

Five years ago in Japan, Shota Imanaga searched for a new pitch. He wanted to incorporate something that would use the same arm path as his four-seam fastball. Imanaga didn’t like his tendency to pull ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal and right-hander Kenta Maeda were talking Sunday morning on the TigerTown backfields, with interpreter Daichi Sekizaki between them. Skubal ...

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

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 ever thrown ...

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 been his ...

Every year, we see a new trend with pitches. Remember when it was Marco Estrada succeeding by throwing fastballs up in the zone? Last year, it was the introduction – of the name, really – of the ...

Cal Quantrill needed a difference-maker. “I was having good results, but it was becoming more difficult to strike out batters,” the Rockies right-hander explained. “There were too many times in a game ...

Wednesday night in Baltimore, Ross Detwiler entered in the ninth inning to protect a four-run lead. He moved ahead, 0-2, on J.J. Hardy, the first batter he faced. On Detwiler’s third pitch, Hardy ...

CHICAGO — Five years ago in Japan, Shota Imanaga searched for a new pitch. He wanted to incorporate something that would use the same arm path as his four-seam fastball. Imanaga didn’t like his ...