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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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's second rehab start was a mixed bag. Pitching for Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday, Senga struck out five Rochester Red Wings batters in 3 2/3 innings, with four of those K's coming on his ...

Kodai Senga ain’t afraid of no ghost. The right-hander was sensational in his MLB debut on Sunday in Miami after shaking out some of the nerves in the first inning. All eight of his strikeouts in the ...

New York Mets fans have been waiting for Kodai Senga to make his big league debut, as the Japanese starter was a prized addition to the rotation that was considered by many to be the best in baseball.