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.

Ryan Yarbrough has enhanced his horizontal-centric arsenal by finally finding a two-seam grip that works for him. The Dodgers aren’t ditching what’s worked; all but four teams throw the sinker ...

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.

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 ...

Sweeney likes the results he’s seeing so far. “The split is just like, ‘OK, I throw my two-seamer this way, I’m gonna take my fingers, same grip and throw a sinker,’” Sweeney said.

Kansas City Royals starter Brady Singer learned a pitch grip on social media. ... Singer primarily stuck with his sinker and slider. Both pitches were effective in limiting the White Sox.

And it was true. At that time, just a couple of months ago, Ohtani hadn't thrown a sinker in a game in his career — not that he needed one, as he was already a dominant pitcher having an ...

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.

Kyle Gibson, one of the nine pitchers added this past winter and in Cardinals spring training, shows the grip on his two-seam fastball, or sinker. (Photo by Derrick Goold) ...

“I saw the pitch grip on Twitter last night and actually decided to use it today,” Singer said. “I just kind of pulled it out today and it worked well in the bullpen. So I decided to throw ...