Yahoo Sports MLB writers Zach Crizer and Hannah Keyser discuss whether or not the slider will overtake the fastball as the most popular pitch in baseball and the factors that are contributing to ...

Standing at his locker in Atlanta last month following the worst start of his season, Justin Verlander shook his head as he hinted at making adjustments. He explained that the performance of certain ...

Welcome to Mixing It Up, a weekly column where I look at starting pitchers who are making noteworthy changes to their pitch mix or pitch shape/velocity. In this column, I’ll break down three to five ...

Texas baseball ace Jared Spencer spent most of his life trying to slow down his slider, deploying it as an off-speed complement to a fastball that Spencer can dial up to 97 miles per hour. Max Weiner, ...

Brieske has adjusted the grip on his slider over the offseason to give the pitch more spin, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports. Brieske said his previous slider acted more like a cutter at times, but he's ...

Travis Sawchik is a FiveThirtyEight staff writer. His new book “The MVP Machine: How Baseball’s New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players,” co-authored with The Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh, ...