The four-seam fastball had its time in the sun. But another familiar pitch has been stepping up to steal its thunder. Pitchers never officially retired the sinker, but they did move away from the ...

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 ...

Earlier this month, Athlon posted a piece naming Sonny Gray as the lone pitcher out of a pool of 162 whose sustained improvement in both swinging-strike rate and K-BB% was the sign of a true breakout ...

I’m tired of writing about Paul Skenes. But until we figure him out in 2026, we press on. Skenes is still striking hitters out at one of the best rates in baseball. That single fact should end most of ...

Kay developed a sinker while pitching with the Yokohama Bay Stars, Kade Heather of the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Kay struggled to establish himself in the majors in partial seasons from 2019 through ...

Gilbert has added a changeup that brings his total arsenal to six different pitches in terms of the looks he can present to different hitters. His vision for the pitch is to use it in conjunction with ...

View post: Michael Soroka’s ERA Says Buy. His xERA Says Wait. You spotted him a couple of weeks ago. Maybe it was a box score that looked wrong in a good way, or a podcast mention, or a start where ...

Jordan Lawlar's hot spring may be more about his competition rather than any meaningful changes at the plate. Mike Christy / Getty Images Spring training stats are notorious for being misleading, but ...

Sitting in front of his locker at Yankee Stadium, Tarik Skubal wants to run a search on Baseball Savant. One of the best ...

Ground-ball rate is also an underutilized predictor of a low ERA, and shows just how impactful those sinkers can be. The average ground-ball rate in the MLB is around 45%. Statcast tells us that ...