Tonight the atmosphere at T-Mobile Park felt like when your parents have a party and invite a bunch of strangers and you’re like: who are all these people in my house? In a sold-out stadium between ...
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 ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Adding a pitch to one’s arsenal can often be laborious. Weeks, months, entire offseasons can be spent toying and tinkering with the requisite mechanics. Getting a pitch game-ready can ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees right-hander Marcus Stroman sat up in his chair with a sudden twinge of curiosity. He reached into his locker at Steinbrenner Field and grabbed his cellphone, then snapped a ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kendall Graveman struggled at first to remember the name of the man who taught him the grip for his best pitch, a sinking fastball. It’s kind of a funny story, learning to grip what ...
During his senior year at Parkview Baptist High in Baton Rouge, righthander Josh Green remembers a former player returning to campus to talk to the baseball team. His name was Blake Johnson, a former ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Kyle Gibson, one of the nine pitchers added this past winter and in Cardinals spring training, shows the grip on his two-seam ...
DENVER — When Codi Heuer joined his new team in Washington, D.C., the Cubs pitching infrastructure, led by pitching coach Tommy Hottovy, presented him with some concepts that could help maximize his ...
ANAHEIM – Jered Weaver has long been known as an extreme fly-ball pitcher, with an inexplicable ability to keep balls in the air inside the fences. The Angels might be developing a grounder-getting ...
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Nationals pitcher Scott Olsen pitched fairly well against the Phils in his first game in the majors since July 10th of last year. Olsen threw 91 pitches with 57 for strikes, went 5 2/3rd innings, ...
MESA, Ariz. — Call it turbo sink, power sink or just a heavy ball. Whatever it is, Sterling Sharp has it in spades. Though he’s always had excellent groundout-to-flyout ratios, this year was ...