Nobody in the world has ever thrown a baseball like deGrom at his apex. His combination of fastball velocity, swing-and-miss ...

From the beginning of 2018 to the middle of 2021, he was peak Pedro Martinez with a couple of extra mph -- Nolan Ryan's fastball, Steve Carlton's slider, Greg Maddux's precision. Then his arm ...

Kirby, however, is one of only three different pitchers to have done that while also sporting at least a 7.5 K/BB ratio in the same year, joining Greg Maddux ... his four-seam fastball usage ...

Fitts averaged 97.1 m.p.h. with his four-seam fastball, a big jump from 94.5 last season. In addition to touching 2 MPH harder than ... The Sox did well to get Fitts, Greg Weissert, and 23-year ...

Zac Gallen was in the middle of shutting down the Dodgers one night last September when Orel Hershiser, calling the game, made the comparison: he thought the D-backs' young ace was commanding the ...

Arrighetti is working on a new two-seam fastball against right-handed hitters this spring, because his four-seam fastball last year was hit hard, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports. He only threw the ...

His four-seam fastball averaged ... who posted a 2.39 ERA in 31 starts last season. "He's right where he's supposed to be. He's commanding the fastball well already, which is to be expected ...