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 ...

Will Warren took the mound for the New York Yankees in a rubber game, hoping to help the team extend its series win streak to three. They had taken two out of three in Sacramento against the Athletics ...

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.

Atlanta Braves ace Spencer Strider led the league in strikeouts last year while also picking up a league-best 20 wins on the season. It looks like the right-hander is ready to do even bigger this year ...

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 ...

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 ...