The Phillies invested $42 million per season in Wheeler as he enters his late 30s, not because of the fastball, but for his ...

KENT, Wash. — There’s a reason former Red Sox director of pitching Justin Willard began gifting T-shirts with the message “I throw fuego” to every pitcher in the organization who reached 100 mph in a ...

Cut fastballs aren’t necessarily cutters: there are two versions of cut fastballs that we’ll talk about today. First is the ...

One of the biggest questions before the season was how Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga would bounce back after a tough 2025 campaign. Imanaga really struggled in the second half of last season, ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — When Jose Urquidy made his spring training debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates, his primary concern was attacking what he views as a shrinking strike zone. The 30-year-old right-hander ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers don't have an answer for Emmet Sheehan's sudden velocity drop early this season.

The Boston Red Sox have not been shy about adding pitching through the MLB Draft the last two seasons. Three of their first four selections in the 2025 draft were pitchers. All three of those pitchers ...

Shota Imanaga gave up a home run Saturday — his fourth in his last two spring training games — but kept his average fastball velocity above 92 mph in his longest outing of the spring. Rick Scuteri / ...

This story was excerpted from Anthony DiComo's Mets Beat newsletter, with MLB.com’s Jared Greenspan writing this version. To ...