The 2018 Dodgers have a habit of bending pitch classifications. First came Alex Wood’s “slider.” Wood throws the pitch with a knuckle-curveball grip, and for years the pitch taggers at PitchInfo ...

Tim Hudson throws a cutter. Kenley Jansen throws a cutter. But are we really talking about the same pitch? It wasn’t that long ago that features popped up across the baseball world heralding the rise ...

Even though spring training has wrapped, that's no reason for us to stop looking into pitchers who are throwing new pitches. In fact, this is when the fun begins. Many pitchers will test new pitches ...

They say that the best pitch in baseball is and always will be a well-located fastball. False. The best pitch in baseball is, in fact, a well-located cut fastball. The scary part for hitters is that ...

Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester has been a pleasant surprise this season. After a rough 2012, Lester managed to rebound in 2013. While his ERA dropped back to acceptable levels, his strikeout rate didn't ...

Lenny Dykstra's kid loves the tag. He embraces it as if it were a style more than a birthright. Cutter Dykstra, 18, loves the fact that DYKSTRA is stitched above a No. 4 on the back of his Westlake ...