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 ...
The splitter had fallen out of fashion and all but disappeared from the majors. Now, it’s out of hibernation—and bamboozling ...
WASHINGTON –– It’s a pitch without a name. A breakthrough development nobody quite knows how to label. Since the start of ...
TORONTO (AP) — Mr. Splitty has returned. Showcased by World Series Game 6 starters Kevin Gausman and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, split-finger fastballs have been used for 6.8% of postseason pitches this year, ...
In that respect, Sasaki's splitter more resembled the spin killers currently deployed by the Mariners' star trio of Logan ...
SURPRISE, Ariz. - What makes an individual pitch effective? Is it the velocity? The command? The angle at which it's thrown? The way it plays off of other weapons in a pitcher's arsenal? Ask around ...
TORONTO — Mr. Splitty has returned. Showcased by World Series Game 6 starters Kevin Gausman and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, split-finger fastballs have been used for 6.8% of postseason pitches this year, more ...