GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Luis Castillo’s version of the story seems too good to be true. According to the second-year Reds starter, the first time he threw his two-seam fastball was at Yankee Stadium ...

Overall, MLB hitters are hitting .244/.311/.401 with a 25.1% whiff rate this year, and the average velocity of a four-seam fastball is 94.2 mph. Hitters like to see fastballs, so against those ...

Rodríguez’s revamped slider generated considerable horizontal break during that first bullpen session, moving more like a ...

The fastball is, as its name implies, the fastest pitch in major league baseball, reaching speeds in excess of 100 MPH, and ideally arriving at the strike zone before the batter can react.

CLEVELAND — Josh Hader’s fastball is the most dominating pitch of its type in recent baseball history. And it’s a complete mystery. The Milwaukee Brewers reliever has struck out an absurd 50 ...

So it was time to change things up. From 2013-17, Cole threw his fastball 65 percent of the time — well above the league average. But this year, he's cut that fastball rate by about 10 points ...

In 2023, the average four-seam fastball measured out of the hand at 94.2 mph. Over the past 16 years, there has never been a season where the average four-seam fastball velocity has dipped from ...

Keuchel surprisingly won the AL Cy Young last year with the two-seamer as his main offering, throwing it 36 percent of the time. For some reason, he's changed his approach and has thrown it on ...

A four-seam fastball, thrown with backspin, has many RPMs. The average spin rate on a four-seamer in 2020 was 2,306 RPMs. Several Orioles rate above average.

Whereas a season ago Baseball Savant said Duran’s fastball carried a negative-1 Run Value en route to a career-worst 3.64 ERA, this season it’s plus-4 and pairing nicely with a plus-6 splinker ...