SEATTLE - Over parts of 12 major-league seasons, Christian Vázquez has caught dozens of pitchers and countless variations of pitch types. Such experience leaves little room for novelty. Before Vázquez ...

When you think of the best pitches in baseball this season, your mind probably goes right to Jacob Misiorowski’s blazing fastball, Mason Miller’s lethal slider or Shohei Ohtani’s devastating sweeper.

Opening day 2023, first inning, two outs and a man on. Teoscar Hernández strolls up for his first at-bat for the Seattle Mariners. Shane Bieber is on the mound for Cleveland. Hernández, the new ...

A right-handed pitcher's slider, for pretty much all of baseball history, has moved the same direction. It starts away from a lefty batter and moves toward them. Or it starts in on a righty hitter and ...

Welcome to Sliders, a weekly in-season MLB column that focuses on both the timely and timeless elements of the game. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Billy Wagner broke his right arm twice when he was 5 years old.

Seattle Mariners reliever Matt Brash has been one of the best bullpen arms in the game since returning from injury at the beginning of May. Brash missed all of 2024 while recovering from Tommy John ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Blengino covers all things baseball, with an analytical bent. With spring training camps opening all around us, it’s time to ...

The New York Mets have seen several starting pitchers breaking out new designer pitches this spring, but none have had as dramatic of an impact as Megill's new slider. New York Mets starter Tylor ...

We just saw a rookie pitcher throw the hardest slider of all time Posted: March 28, 2026 | Last updated: March 28, 2026 Enjoy We Just Saw a Rookie Pitcher Throw The Hardest Slider of All Time!

LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw was laboring in pursuit of his 3,000th strikeout. His pitch count soaring, he was down to the last batter he would face, needing one more swing and miss to become the ...

New York Mets starter Tylor Megill, attempting to help the team cover for the early season absences of starters Sean Manaea (oblique) and Frankie Montas (lat), rode a new and improved slider to a win ...