Kingsley Eguakun made his second start in place of an injured Graham Glasgow at center and had two bad snaps that led to ...

NORTH PORT, Fla. – As he reflects now, Spencer Strider realizes that, coming off an oblique injury and heading into the postseason in 2022, he probably didn’t possess the necessary mindset to excel on ...

PORT ST. LUCIE — Seth Lugo is the king of spin rate. And that has spun open doors for him with the Mets. Whether he makes it to the rotation or is used out of the bullpen in 2017, Lugo is ready for ...

The average curveball hurls toward a batter at around 75 mph, accentuated by a 1500-rpm spin. From the moment the ball leaves the pitcher's hand, it travels a smooth, consistent, parabolic arc.

Karincak’s curve fueled his ridiculous strikeout numbers in the minors. He posted a 22.9 strikeouts per nine innings average, the best in the minors during the regular season. Karinchak fanned 59% of ...

People who know say the curveball is coming back to life in Major League Baseball. In the 1980s, the slider replaced the curveball as the breaking ball of choice, and the curveball almost died. It ...

Nov 27, 2010: Argh. The footage I'd found has been pulled from YouTube. Not sure why, though MLB keeps a tight leash on such things.##### Found some Koufax footage. About halfway through this short ...

With the World Series in full swing, most Americans would probably say they know the basic rules of baseball: the pitcher throws it, the batter hits it, three strikes and you’re out. But underneath it ...

There are plenty of reasons to fall in love with the curveball. There’s the shape, first of all, and the jelly-kneed reaction it inspires. There’s the fact that only the sinker coaxes more groundballs ...

WASHINGTON — Prewar claims by the United States that Iraq was producing biological weapons were based almost entirely on accounts from a defector who was described as “crazy” by his intelligence ...

Unlock the secrets of the 2026 retirement catch-up provisions: A must-read for high earners aged 50 and above.

A little trick beat writers can pull when working on a statistical research piece on a player, is just taking that information to the player and seeing what they say about it. In Michael Kopech’s case ...