Paul Skenes debuted a new pitch during his first spring training start with the Pittsburgh Pirates entering the 2025 season on Saturday. Skenes showed off his new cutter in a 5-2 victory over the ...

CLEVELAND — There aren't many times a pitcher can basically tell a hitter what pitch is coming next, and it just doesn't matter. Hitters need to be kept off balance, at least to an extent, unless a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) When Dusty Baker first played in the minor leagues at age 18, he had only seen curveballs and never a slider. ''When I went to swing at it, it would like move right at the right time ...

Helsley appeared to make use of a cutter as part of his arsenal while throwing his first live batting practice of the spring Thursday, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Helsley ...

José Alvarado should have been a bust. That's just what happens when you trade with the Tampa Bay Rays, from whom the Philadelphia Phillies acquired Alvarado on Dec. 29, 2020. The last time the ...

The 2020 Vision Series in The Athletic Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit seems to answer a vital question: How much trust can we put into numbers from the 2020 season? The question becomes particularly ...