Following a brief stint with the Mets at the tail end of the 2025 season, Jonah Tong knew he had to add to his pitching arsenal heading into this year’s camp in Port St. Lucie. Primarily a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — There’s a pitch in baseball that has launched careers into the stratosphere and quietly sabotaged others. It’s not the fastball. It’s not the curveball. It’s the cutter — and on the ...

Spring Training is the season of new pitches. Tons of pitchers all around big league camps are experimenting with their ...

For nearly every pitcher in baseball, establishing a quality fastball is one of the most essential steps for someone to find success. Fastball pitches (4-seam, 2-seam, sinker, cutter) make up just shy ...

On the 23rd Tim Herrin made his first appearance of the 2026 Spring, and he brought along a new pitch to talk about. The new cutter is just one of a few changes in Herrin’s game that he showed off a ...

We’re in the age of advanced metrics, Statcast data and pitcher “stuff” being the top headlines in real-life and fantasy baseball. Fastball velocity has been increasing each season, with an average ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Blengino covers all things baseball, with an analytical bent. The Best Pitches series rolls on - we’ve already tackled ...