The 2018 Dodgers have a habit of bending pitch classifications. First came Alex Wood’s “slider.” Wood throws the pitch with a knuckle-curveball grip, and for years the pitch taggers at PitchInfo ...

The 2010 baseball season was the closest we have come to having "The Year of the Pitcher" since 1968. Back then it was customary to win more than 20 games and batting averages just barely slid into ...

Lenny Dykstra's kid loves the tag. He embraces it as if it were a style more than a birthright. Cutter Dykstra, 18, loves the fact that DYKSTRA is stitched above a No. 4 on the back of his Westlake ...

They say that the best pitch in baseball is and always will be a well-located fastball. False. The best pitch in baseball is, in fact, a well-located cut fastball. The scary part for hitters is that ...

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 ...

Tim Hudson throws a cutter. Kenley Jansen throws a cutter. But are we really talking about the same pitch? It wasn’t that long ago that features popped up across the baseball world heralding the rise ...

Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester has been a pleasant surprise this season. After a rough 2012, Lester managed to rebound in 2013. While his ERA dropped back to acceptable levels, his strikeout rate didn't ...

Even though spring training has wrapped, that's no reason for us to stop looking into pitchers who are throwing new pitches. In fact, this is when the fun begins. Many pitchers will test new pitches ...

Adam Wainwright may be on the shelf, but two pitchers who learned at his right hand—and arm—are having the best seasons of their career. Earlier this season, we touched on Shelby Miller and the ...

Some of the most interesting stories to come out of spring training surround players who make material changes and are open about them with the media. A.J. Griffin, who ate 200 innings for the ...