unusual grip for his fastball. The Washington Nationals ace won the NL Cy Young Award last season despite a stress fracture on his right ring finger in the second half. The problem didn't totally ...

Some players have high fastball spin rates innately, and others don’t — changing grip on a breaking ball can change spin rate, but it’s difficult to throw a fastball differently. Unlike ...

What Greenhill showed him looked a lot like a four-seam fastball grip. The only difference was Burns moving his pointer finger over, right to left. Excited about the change, he went into head ...

On the MLB Network’s broadcast on Thursday night, Martinez showed CC Sabathia, Chris Young, and Stephen Nelson how whenever a runner was on second base, he would show them a fastball grip in his ...

Problem is, teaching hop is incredibly difficult. Pitching coaches and performance trainers can implement changes to grip, pressure points and arm angle, but alterations are generally more ...

Waldron can hit 94 mph with his four-seam fastball and can paint both sides of the plate with it. He’s also got a slider, a cutter that was actually his toughest pitch to square up consistently ...

That is how Doyle grips his fastball. He says it is a generic four-seam fastball. The only thing generic about it is how he holds it. In Doyle’s left hand, it becomes exceptional and nearly ...

unusual grip for his fastball. The Washington Nationals ace won the NL Cy Young Award last season despite a stress fracture on his right ring finger in the second half. The problem didn’t ...