TORONTO (AP) — Mr. Splitty has returned. Showcased by World Series Game 6 starters Kevin Gausman and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, split-finger fastballs have been used for 6.8% of postseason pitches this year, ...

When Austin Hedges noticed an Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher throw a split-finger fastball earlier this month, the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher asked 43-year-old left-hander Rich Hill if he’d ever thrown ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (CBS) - Zack Wheeler already has a repertoire of pitches he can use in any given start, but the Opening Day starter for the Philadelphia Phillies is working on a new pitch that has ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — San Francisco Giants right-hander Jordan Hicks has thrown 236 fastballs right down the middle in his major-league career. There are different terms that people use for fastballs ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cal Quantrill is not reinventing himself as a starting pitcher, but he hopes his new split-finger fastball will add another dimension to ...

Roger Craig, a well-traveled major league baseball player and coach who became a pitching guru in the 1980s teaching the merits of the split-fingered fastball, has died. The San Francisco Giants ...

SEATTLE – From the beginning, nothing about Bryce Miller’s newest pitch has been subtle. The Mariners’ 25-year-old right-hander has been openly promoting the development of his new split-finger ...

(AP) – When Bruce Sutter began experimenting with the split-fingered fastball, he wasn’t looking for a path to Cooperstown. He was just hoping to save his career. “I wouldn’t be here without that ...

LOS ANGELES — The New York Yankees can have their torpedo bats. The Dodgers have the splitter. In baseball’s ever-adapting laboratory of trends, the hunt always is on for the next best thing.