Being a major league pitcher isn't the sweet gig that it used to be. You can't use sticky stuff. You can't take your time. Heck, you can't even rely on over-shifted defenders and small bases to save ...

Forkball pitchers are a rare breed, perhaps even rarer than the elusive knuckleballer. The forkball is a pitch that isn’t used much anymore in the major leagues, though its cousin, the split-finger ...

NEW YORK – The talk around the Big Apple the past two nights when it comes to baseball has been about the Nationals’ young starting pitchers. And rightfully so. Josiah Gray (nine strikeouts over six ...

PORT ST. LUCIE — Kodai Senga’s focus is getting to the regular season in optimum health. With that in mind, the Mets right-hander refrained Wednesday from throwing his signature forkball, a second ...

Los Angeles Dodgers' Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (27) is famous for throwing the fastest forkball in the world. He made headlines on April 2, 2022, when he threw a 151 km/h forkball against ...

New York Mets’ pitcher Kodai Senga left baseball fans in awe with his nasty “Ghost Forkball” pitch that overwhelmed Arizona Diamondback hitters on Wednesday night. The 30-year-old Senga started the ...

While introducing new Mets right-hander Kodai Senga at Citi Field on Monday, general manager Billy Eppler pointed out his own background in professional scouting. “My mentors always talked about guys ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — It is arguably the most mystifying pitch heading into the 2023 Major League Baseball season, and it comes with a mysterious name. The ghost forkball. Kodai Senga's signature ...

You've read this before. It wasn't even that long ago. Three weeks ago, BP's own Dan Rozenson wrote about Tyler Clippard and his "split-finger fastball." The quotation marks are because you could ...

CONCORD — Because he was once a skinny teenager with big glasses and a ho-hum fastball, Fred Breining loves talking to youngsters with major league dreams. Breining somehow carved out a Giants career ...