One of the more notable pop-up prospects of 2024, Mets righthander Jonah Tong set out to take his game to the next level heading into 2025. However, after riding a four-seam fastball with heavy ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to research by the company that manufactures the FlexPro Grip, pitchers who use the device have been able to increase the rate of spin on their fastball by about 4 percent. A higher spin ...

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 ...

Under these conditions, it is impossible to throw the ball with the same velocity as a four- or two-seam fastball grip. This creates a discrepancy between the hitter's timing of fastball velocity ...

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 ...