Relief pitchers, who infrequently face the same batter more than once in a game, have historically succeeded with the help of one or two pitch types that are thrown with maximum effort. In this ...

Lakeland, Fla. — There was a time in baseball, not too long ago, when clubs discouraged pitchers from adding pitches and extending their repertoire. Master three or four pitches and stay with them, ...

This piece is excerpted from Eno Sarris’ “10 bold predictions for the 2025 MLB season.” In the marketplace of pitches, stock in sinkers was performing awfully in the pitch-tracking era. Between 2008 ...