TORONTO (AP) — Mr. Splitty has returned. Showcased by World Series Game 6 starters Kevin Gausman and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, split-finger fastballs have been used for 6.8% of postseason pitches this year, ...

When Austin Hedges noticed an Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher throw a split-finger fastball earlier this month, the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher asked 43-year-old left-hander Rich Hill if he’d ever thrown ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (CBS) - Zack Wheeler already has a repertoire of pitches he can use in any given start, but the Opening Day starter for the Philadelphia Phillies is working on a new pitch that has ...

SEATTLE – From the beginning, nothing about Bryce Miller’s newest pitch has been subtle. The Mariners’ 25-year-old right-hander has been openly promoting the development of his new split-finger ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cal Quantrill is not reinventing himself as a starting pitcher, but he hopes his new split-finger fastball will add another dimension to ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — San Francisco Giants right-hander Jordan Hicks has thrown 236 fastballs right down the middle in his major-league career. There are different terms that people use for fastballs ...

(AP) – When Bruce Sutter began experimenting with the split-fingered fastball, he wasn’t looking for a path to Cooperstown. He was just hoping to save his career. “I wouldn’t be here without that ...

Roger Craig, a well-traveled major league baseball player and coach who became a pitching guru in the 1980s teaching the merits of the split-fingered fastball, has died. The San Francisco Giants ...

During Friday night's 4-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, the biggest highlight for the Diamondbacks might have been the appearance by Justin Martinez. He faced seven batters, struck out five of them ...

LOS ANGELES — The New York Yankees can have their torpedo bats. The Dodgers have the splitter. In baseball’s ever-adapting laboratory of trends, the hunt always is on for the next best thing.