Pitchers never officially retired the sinker, but they did move away from the pitch around a decade ago as hitting mechanics ...

Sam Briend and Matt Blake have long been considered some of the best minds in baseball, and their work with the Yankees since being hired in 2020 speaks for itself. They’ve built a pitching empire in ...

The Yankees’ budding ace has leveraged a revamped arsenal to become one of the best starters in baseball.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Blengino covers all things baseball, with an analytical bent. For most of the last month in this space I’ve been unfurling my ...

No one in baseball throws the elevated four-seam fastball better than Tyler Glasnow. The Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander ranks first in Baseball Savant’s Pitch Run Values on fastballs in the upper ...

Before Andy Ibáñez’s ball caromed into the left-field corner and before the Detroit Tigers advanced to last season’s American League Division Series, the team was on the brink of watching a playoff ...

During his bounce-back 2024 season with the Mets, Luis Severino relied heavily on a pitch that he had thrown just 85 total times in his eight seasons with the Yankees. The key to filling out his ...

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 ...

Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez leads the majors in innings, strikeouts and fWAR thanks to a his masterful use of a ...

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for us to visit the bump on Hump Day and discuss starting pitcher news. Each week in this article, I’ll be taking a deeper look at a few trending/surging starting ...

FORT MYERS, FLA. – David Festa drew a few swings-and-misses with his sinker, a new pitch for him, during live batting practice sessions, but that isn’t the reason he added the pitch. Festa won’t ...