Ohtani was asked about his sinker grip in a June interview with Time (at the 42-second mark), and said he didn't have one.

Choose the right sinker for walleye fishing based on depth, cover, and presentation—Lindy Rigs, bottom bouncers, bullet weights, and more to improve your catch.

Mason Thompson has dominated this season with a sinker he learned from his agent. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) ...

Earlier this spring, while retelling the story of how he first discovered his unconventional sinker grip, Stroman was fiddling with a baseball, curling his fingers into a changeup grip.

Kansas City Royals starter Brady Singer learned a pitch grip on social media. It helped him unlock his sweeper vs. the Chicago White Sox.

What the Mets and some teams around the league are doing is dusting off a pitch that had attracted cobwebs.

Between the end of his time at college and reporting to Pirates camp, he started to fool around with his sinker grip in catch play. Soon, the "splinker" was born.

Stroman’s unique sinker grip is essentially a one-seamer, with the ball rotated off a more traditional finger placement. It felt comfortable, so he took it from his couch into catch the next day.

Skenes said he used his normal sinker grip for the "splinker" but altered the release point between being selected No. 1 in the 2023 MLB Draft and reporting to the Pirates.

Royals’ Brady Singer learned a new pitch grip ... from Twitter? Yes, that’s his answer.

The common sinker is a two-seem fastball where the pointer and middle fingers grip the seams along narrowest part of the horseshoe. The goal is to create side spin and downward movement, but it's ...