It has become an annual rite of spring in baseball: Every year, some team has its aspirations shattered because a pitcher ...

The Baltimore Orioles took on the Minnesota Twins in spring training action on Wednesday, and the game was another opportunity for the Orioles and their fans to see future ace Grayson Rodriguez on ...

One area of their roster the Detroit Tigers were looking to improve the most this winter was their starting pitching rotation. They had the hard part done with ...

Potential applications include evaluating velocity spikes and pitch mix changes to determine whether a pitcher's current performance is sustainable. You can find our entire sabermetrics glossary ...

Tidwell topped out at 99 mph with his fastball in big-league camp this spring, Will Sammon of The Athletic reports.

The Detroit Tigers starter has had a great spring, and part of that could be thanks to his fastball gaining a lot of velocity compared to last year.

He and Goldschmidt engaged in an eight-pitch battle. Mize showed the improved fastball — climbing the velocity ladder from 96, 97, 97.5 and 98 mph. He showed the new sweeping slider and the ...

Due to its high spin rate, the pitch has a rising effect that causes hitters to swing under it. This is evidenced by his 72nd percentile whiff rate despite 15th percentile velocity. His ...

“Fastball command is everything,” Snell said. "If you don’t have that, it’s going to be very touch to pitch in this league.” The eight-year veteran then went to the bullpen after his ...

A three pitch mix, Caminiti’s fastball leads the way, already sitting 93-95 MPH with room for more velocity in his repeatable delivery. While the characteristics on the fastball are somewhat ...

What is important, however, is that his pitch mix still looks to be elite despite his velocity not being ramped all the way up yet. Despite his velocity being down, Bautista’s stuff wasn’t ...

Three weeks into spring training, the Athletics and Colorado Rockies have better Cactus League records than the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers. The Toronto Blue Jays, coming off a last-place finish ...