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

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

Most of the charts you see below are courtesy of Kyle Bland over at Pitcher List. He created a great spring training app ...

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

Less than a year into his Major League career, Paul Skenes might already be the best pitcher in baseball. That's not ...

Amid bat design mania, baseball continues its trend of making hitting harder and harder with power breaking pitches replacing curveballs.

There seemed this time to be a bit more spring in Duran’s step, possibly because it was a particularly nasty looking pitch, one he had never thrown before in a game: a sweeper. Sweepers are a ty ...

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 ...

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 ...