Fastball: The Saint Anselm commit has two no-hitters this spring and has yet to allow an earned run. His prolific strikeout numbers emerge from a four-seam fastball pounded into the zone.

Eovaldi introduced a running two-seam fastball to his repertoire in the Rangers’ 5-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals in their Cactus League opener Friday at Surprise Stadium.

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.

The Orioles’ Nolan Hoffman tops the list of two-seam fastball velocity gainers while also showing a nice balance of swing-and-miss (28.2% strikeout rate) and ground balls (51.7% GB%) in 2024.