Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes has made countless hitters look foolish throughout his first two MLB seasons, and Washington Nationals first baseman Nathaniel Lowe is one of the right-hander’s ...

ARLINGTON - It's perhaps the trendiest pitch in baseball. The "sweeper" pitch isn't a curveball. It isn't a slider. It's even distinctive from the "slurve" that meshes those two. Whatever it is, Texas ...

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Emerson Hancock has made some significant tweaks to his pitch mix, which has given him more staying power in the M's rotation. Connor Jalbert / Getty Images This column focuses on two breakout players ...

Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes throws seven pitches regularly. Skenes has a fastball, sinker, sweeper, slider, split finger, changeup and curveball. Of course, Skenes doesn't throw all of those ...

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 the ERA was fine but the underlying numbers were better than ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. - For Kai-Wei Teng, success starts with a sweeper. The right-hander throws a half-dozen pitches, but no other has proven more vital to his entry into the Houston Astros' rotation.

Kikuchi has added a sweeper to his pitch mix, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports. Kikuchi has worked with a four-pitch arsenal over the past two campaigns, but it appears he'll have another offering ...

As a young prospect working through the Pittsburgh Pirates’ minor league system, Bubba Chandler always flashed electric stuff. From a high-vert, high-velocity fastball to a changeup that consistently ...