When launch angle became a normal part of the baseball lexicon, major league pitchers started throwing more four-seam fastballs at the top of the strike zone, and sinkers seemingly fell out of style.

Braxton Ashcraft decided to flip the script on his pitch usage against the Philadelphia Phillies, throwing his sinker five times more than his four-seam fastball. The intention was for the sinker to ...

Carlos Rodon, Hunter Brown, Garrett Crochet, Paul Skenes, Zack Wheeler and Tarik Skubal all got "A" grades or better.

A big reason for this pitch is his cutter, a pitch that has allowed a .625 Expected SLG% on the season with a 22.9% Whiff Rate. Fried has countered this by using his sinker at a higher rate in his ...

After struggling to a 5.34 ERA last season, Cannon was sent to Triple-A in August. He was recalled about a month later, did ...