Forkball pitchers are a rare breed, perhaps even rarer than the elusive knuckleballer. The forkball is a pitch that isn’t used much anymore in the major leagues, though its cousin, the split-finger ...
Kodai Senga, New York Mets' new acquisition's ghost forkball is making quite the buzz as the Japanese pitcher's showcase pitch made a brilliant debut in the MLB. The Mets won their game against the ...
When considering a name for the pitch he rescued from extinction, Los Angeles Angels reliever Robert Coello at first settled on its historic label: a forkball, jammed deep between his index and middle ...
Being a major league pitcher isn't the sweet gig that it used to be. You can't use sticky stuff. You can't take your time. Heck, you can't even rely on over-shifted defenders and small bases to save ...
Dunning confirmed that the new addition to his arsenal, which he's largely kept a secret through the first two weeks of spring training, is a rarely seen forkball. He used it during his third and ...
The forkball, the primary pitch of NC Dinos pitcher Kim Jae-yeol, has become even more powerful. Leading with the so-called "dancing forkball," he is ready to bolster the relief corps this season.
You've read this before. It wasn't even that long ago. Three weeks ago, BP's own Dan Rozenson wrote about Tyler Clippard and his "split-finger fastball." The quotation marks are because you could ...
WASHINGTON, DC. – Roki Sasaki has lost his signature pitch. He’s lost his forkball. The role that luck played in his grotesque pitching line in the Dodgers’ 8-6 victory over the Washington Nationals ...
CONCORD — Because he was once a skinny teenager with big glasses and a ho-hum fastball, Fred Breining loves talking to youngsters with major league dreams. Breining somehow carved out a Giants career ...