The Phillies benefited from catcher interference again, the Dodgers made an embarrassing play, Cal Raleigh goes yard and more ...

Explore the fascinating story of "The Catcher Who Couldn't Throw The Ball Back to The Pitcher." This intriguing video delves ...

Catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia bumped to AAA. He can't throw to the mound. May 21, 2010— -- Throwing the ball back to the pitching mound may be the simplest part of a catcher's job, but it's ...

Mackey Sasser, the catcher who couldn’t throw back to the pitcher without double-taking. And then there was Steve Blass, the great pitcher who developed the yips and was sent down to the minors.

Some things in baseball are so simple and easy to do, things that are so simple and easy that we often take them for granted. Like seeing a catcher throw the ball back to the pitcher.

If there is one thing — one thing! — you would assume a Major League Baseball pitcher could do pretty reliably, it is throw a ball to a catcher. They don’t necessarily have to do it well ...

Even though the Cardinals have baseball’s hardest-throwing pitching staff at an average of 93.7 mph, the Pirates (93.5) aren’t far behind. LIMITING MOUND VISITS ...

Travis d'Arnaud has spent 10 seasons as a Major League catcher, so it should come as no surprise that his baseball IQ is off the charts. He knows the rules so well that he's even willing to take a ...

Dingler is tied for 21st in pop time, at an average of 1.95 seconds from catching the ball to it reaching second base. He’s about a tenth of a second slower that Francisco Alvarez, who leads the ...

Realmuto noted that pitchers who recently have been in the minors — which debuted its pitch clock in 2022 — generally have been more adept at getting the ball in faster, making a catcher’s ...