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 Royals are an incredible story, and the Orioles are an incredible story, and when you break down a big incredible story into its component bits, you're left with a whole bunch of tinier incredible ...

We know Shohei Ohtani is an almost mythical creature, an offensive juggernaut (30 home runs this year) combined with an ace pitcher with a major-league-leading K/9 (among qualified starters) of 12:1 ...

Justin Martinez' breakout season has continued since we last wrote about him on May 11th. In that article we focused on how his splitter has become an elite pitch with tremendous movement, inducing ...

Pitcher evaluation and decisions are often more about what a specific organization can tweak to a certain player than raw ...

What Is a Super Sinker? The term super sinker refers to a type of bond with a long-term coupon but a potentially short maturity. If the principal balance of the bond is paid out before maturity, ...

That sinker on your fishing line is much more important than you realize. The type sinker you choose, its weight, shape, and manner in which it’s rigged and used can make or break a day of fishing. In ...

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 ...

When launch angle became a normal part of the baseball lexicon, major league pitchers started throwing more four-seam fastballs at the top of the strike zone, and sinkers seemingly fell out of style.

PITTSBURGH — Clay Holmes had been working to understand his power sinker long before he was acquired by the Yankees in July 2021. The 6-foot-5 right-hander had long been the type of pitcher who had ...