"All I think about is getting as much behind the fastball as I can to get the ball to get that carry effect," Cote said. "I throw pretty hard. When I throw it up in the zone, it’s not easy for ...

The two-hour marathon. In baseball, is the 110 mph fastball the next big number to fall? What actually is the upper limit when it comes to professional pitchers throwing their fastest pitches?

The interesting thing is that is a genre film, and [if] you get Steven Soderberg stepping into a genre, he's not going to ...

Typically, a pitcher will throw a changeup to change speeds on a batter. It looks like a fastball out of the hand, but a drop in velocity and sharper movement is supposed to throw off the batter.

Greinke’s changeup during the later innings was clocking in at 88 mph, as he somehow managed to throw it faster than his four-seam fastball. In fact, Greinke’s final strikeout of the night ...

If it seems like just about every pitcher has more than one fastball, that’s because, well, they sort of do. The Brewers’ 40-man roster contains as many pitchers who throw three different ...

Hitting a fastball may be the hardest skill to master ... wide standard operating procedure against Texas: When in trouble, throw the heater. It all wasted a completely fine outing by Max Scherzer ...

It worked out really well for us.” Bello’s four-seam fastball was nasty once he began throwing it again. Opponents went 3-for-25 (.120) with a .200 on-base percentage, .160 slugging percentage and ...

If a pitcher throws at or below the league-average four-seam fastball velocity, on average, they are giving up above-average production on those four-seamers. If they throw 95+ mph (which is above ...

Drew Smith knew his high fastball was an effective pitch, but now that Justin Verlander has taken notice of it, it might be better than the reliever initially thought. While throwing in spring ...