For nearly every pitcher in baseball, establishing a quality fastball is one of the most essential steps for someone to find ...

The change-up learned from a Hall of Famer. The fastball grip at age 8, curveball learned at age 12. Sonny Gray, Lance Lynn, others detail their favorite pitches.

Let's then call the one-seam slider-grip cutter a "baby slider" so that we don't confuse our terms. This pitch goes 4 or more mph slower than a fastball and has more drop.

While playing catch with Mike Montgomery on Field 2, Hendricks, using a grip he’d never tried, spun a curve better than he’s ever been able to before.