A sweeper tends to be thrown slower than a traditional slider, which gives it more time to “sweep” across the strike zone.

Duran threw Meyers an 87.3 mph sweeper, per MLB Statcast, that had 11 inches of horizontal break and 41 inches of drop.

When Jhoan Duran struck out the Houston Astros’ Jake Meyers in the eighth inning Sunday, it was a pitch two years in the making. Duran throws a fastball that can reach 104 mph. His splinker, so good ...

But let's talk about this filthy pitch, a sweeper that starts outside to Seattle Mariners slugger Rowdy Tellez and comes ...

Some pitchers who can throw breaking balls but haven't yet found a changeup grip are finding that the kick-change fits their ...

The definition: you're use a changeup but you're moving the ring finger that's gripping the ball in a certain way, creating ...

It's Wednesday, which means it's time for us to visit the bump on Hump Day and discuss starting pitcher news. Each week in ...

This story was excerpted from Martín Gallegos' Athletics Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And ...

There seemed this time to be a bit more spring in Duran’s step, possibly because it was a particularly nasty looking pitch, ...

For this pitch to kick into sweeper or splinker territory, though, it needs a champion. It needs a Bender, it needs a Paul Skenes, it needs a pitcher everyone wants to emulate. There are certainly ...