This isn't a pitch we want to throw that often.’” Like any pitch thrown with the vigor of major-league competition, the splitter comes with injury risk, but actual research — in the stead of ...

The 22-year-old has bolstered his repertoire heading into the 2016 season, however, as he’s now trying out a splitter taught to him by teammate Jonathan Papelbon, Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post ...

“For most professional pitchers in Japan,” he said, “probably at some point in everyone’s life they’ve tried throwing a splitter.” Hirano found books on pitching that described how to ...

Is Skubal adding a splitter to his pitch mix? "Oh, we were just talking splitters," Skubal said. "I'm not going to throw a splitter." Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Hedges believes the splitter complements all of Hill’s pitches because it dives in the opposite direction of his other offerings to right-handed hitters. “To be able to throw that pitch 82-84 ...

You throw all that together in the same game, and you get this kind of performance.” The splitter has improved for a few reasons. First, Mize began throwing the pitch harder last September and ...

"Oh, we were just talking splitters," Skubal said. "I'm not going to throw a splitter." They were talking about splitters thrown by Japanese pitchers at the MLB level, such as Shohei Ohtani ...