In MLB, the pitching mound is one of the key focal points of the game and has always drawn attention with one particular pitch always stealing the spotlight. It’s not a show of power, but rather an ...

From summer camp to late in the season, Kyle Hendricks’ excitement about his curveball never seemed to fade. “All year long it’s been the best it’s been for me in my career,” Hendricks said last month ...

Adam Wainwright stills hears it from New York, 20 years after his curveball struck out Carlos Beltrán, sent the Mets home and ...

JUPITER — Tylor Megill has gradually increased the use of his curveball over his first two big league seasons. He’s hoping to make it a full-fledged weapon in 2023. Megill has primarily thrown a ...

Few pitchers have had an up-and-down career in the majors like Yusei Kikuchi. The former Seibu Lions star made the jump from Nippon Professional Baseball to Major League Baseball in the 2018-19 ...

Red Sox rookie Wyatt Olds got Marlins All-Star shortstop Otto Lopez to swing and miss at a curveball well outside the strike zone during the 10th inning on Aug. 25. Catcher Connor Wong had to block it ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Jackson Jobe faced a fierce indoctrination to the major leagues. His late-September debut was a product of pressurized circumstances. The Detroit Tigers made an aggressive move when ...

Drew Smyly didn’t know how unique his curveball was until he was 30 years old and in his eighth organization. With the San Francisco Giants in 2020, then-GM Scott Harris took Smyly aside and let him ...

WORCESTER — Jake Bennett was in the visitor’s bullpen in Rochester, New York on April 28 when WooSox pitching coach Dan DeLucia suggested that the 25-year-old left-handed pitcher started throwing a ...