Cancel anytime. Kyle Gibson, one of the nine pitchers added this past winter and in Cardinals spring training, shows the grip on his two-seam fastball, or sinker. (Photo by Derrick Goold ...

Ohtani was asked about his sinker grip in a June interview with Time (at the 42-second mark), and said he didn't have one. And it was true. At that time, just a couple of months ago, Ohtani hadn ...

Sam Briend and Matt Blake have long been considered some of the best minds in baseball, and their work with the Yankees since being hired in 2020 speaks for itself. They’ve built a pitching ...

ANAHEIM – Jered Weaver has long been known as an extreme fly-ball pitcher ... said Saturday he has been using a new grip on his two-seamer, or sinker, for the last month, one that is eliciting ...

When asked to show how he grips his sinker, Heuer confirmed the four-seam grip. Then he showed how he’s changing it, and it was the same grip but with the ball just slightly rotated.

Even when he didn’t pitch well last year, Zack Britton was still a ground-ball machine ... like Britton — makes his living with a nasty sinker. “The pitch is so good, you know it’s ...

Facing Tucker at a crucial juncture in the playoffs, Guenther threw a first-pitch sinker for a ball. The second pitch was another sinker, this one on the inner third of the plate and tumbling down.

For me, his sinker is also a huge development ... JM: "Yes, it's the same motion. The grip is the only difference." When you came back from winter ball did you work with any of the pitching ...

The above photo has run a few times this week with blog posts about the Angels’ signing of free-agent right-hander Joel Pineiro — who credits a two-seam, sinking fastball with his mid-career ...

What causes this and how do I avoid it? A: It sounds like you are hitting up on the ball, creating a sinker ball type of a shot. What you want to work on is getting your club head working through ...

In addition to giving Washington a reliable starter every fifth day, Fister also gives the Nats a sinker-ball (also referred to as a two-seam fastball) pitcher who can induce ground balls ...