MIAMI—Added to the 40-man roster in November, righthander Drew Steckenrider may be oh-so-close to the majors, but nobody can accuse him of big-timing things. For instance, when he turned 26 in January ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Randy Rodríguez didn’t need to tweak his slider. The pitch was performing well; Rodríguez was, too. But as April gave way to May, Rodríguez didn’t like the state of the pitch. There ...

BALTIMORE — New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Gil had a problem. He couldn’t control his slider. Each time he threw it, he feared it would slip from his grasp and end up places he didn’t want it ...

FORT MYERS, FLA. — Ask Twins catchers for their opinion on the nastiest pitch they've caught in camp, and closer Jhoan Duran is the easy answer. That's fair. Duran does things nobody else in the world ...

No two pitches are the same because no two pitchers are the same. Biology, coaching and even ambition and curiosity affect how humans throw a baseball. Equal parts art and science meld. "Each pitch is ...

Opposing hitters went 23-for-220 (.105 batting average) against Liam Hendriks’ slider from 2019-23. During that stretch, the 35-year-old righty won two AL Rivera Reliever awards and earned three ...