In the bottom of the seventh inning of an August matchup between the San Francisco Giants and Washington Nationals, Erik Miller struck out Luis García Jr. on a slider eight inches below the bottom of ...

When is a pitch a pitch? When is a new pitch type born? Who gets credit? At some point, the slider was not a thing. Then Charles Bender threw his “nickel-curve” so often in the early part of the 20th ...

Lakeland, Fla. — There was a time in baseball, not too long ago, when clubs discouraged pitchers from adding pitches and extending their repertoire. Master three or four pitches and stay with them, ...

BRIDGEWATER — Danny Watson emerged as one of the most prized arms in the Yankees’ system last year when, after altering his mechanics and pitch types, the 6-foot-7 right-hander baffled hitters with a ...