Relief pitchers, who infrequently face the same batter more than once in a game, have historically succeeded with the help of one or two pitch types that are thrown with maximum effort. In this ...
At the major league level, a pitcher’s arm can be worth tens of millions of dollars. Players, teams and Major League Baseball itself all have a vested interest in reducing season- and potentially ...
Over the last several seasons, the concept of measuring pitch quality has become a key component in pitcher evaluation. Understanding which characteristics lead to success for different pitch types is ...
Cam Schlittler in 2026 is mowing down hitters despite throwing a fastball about 90 percent of the time. The TTO 3 is well ...
In today's baseball, throwing in the upper 90s is much more commonplace than it was even just a decade ago. Bullpens are stacked with fireballers and starters don't throw nearly as many innings as ...
Before he was the ace for the Seattle Mariners, Logan Gilbert was a burgeoning right-hander in desperate need of a new pitch for his arsenal. So he went to Driveline, the high-tech baseball laboratory ...