Trey Yesavage dominated the Yankees in his postseason debut last weekend. (Illustration: Eamonn Dalton / The Athletic; Michael Chisholm / MLB Photos via Getty Images) Electric. Dominant. Unhittable.

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

TORONTO -- In Game 6 of the World Series on Friday, two of the foremost practitioners of the pitch that has defined October will duel at Rogers Centre. Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu ...

A pitcher can do magic with a baseball. He can throw it harder than 100 mph, or slower than 70 mph. He can make it break to ...

WASHINGTON –– It’s a pitch without a name. A breakthrough development nobody quite knows how to label. Since the start of spring training this year, Roki Sasaki has been working on a new third weapon ...

The split-fingered fastball is the "it" pitch right now, but it is still rarely thrown by left-handed pitchers. Why is that? Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic; iStock During the final ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Daniel R. Epstein writes about baseball. Oct 19, 2025, 10:38am EDT Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Trey Yesavage throws during ...

CHICAGO — The Detroit Tigers acquired right-handed reliever Kyle Finnegan from the Washington Nationals at the July 31 trade deadline. After trading for him, the Tigers immediately tweaked Finnegan's ...

The Nationals are in the midst of rebuilding their pitching staff. Last season, the team was second to last in the league with a 5.35 ERA, trailing only the Colorado Rockies. There are many steps that ...

The Atlanta Braves targeted Hurston Waldrep in the first round of the 2023 draft as a potentially fast-moving college arm whose fastball, splitter combo could have him helping the big league team ...