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For nearly every pitcher in baseball, establishing a quality fastball is one of the most essential steps for someone to find success. Fastball pitches (4-seam, 2-seam, sinker, cutter) make up just shy ...

On Tuesday night at NBT Bank Stadium, Brandon Sproat leaned on the dugout rail as his teammate, Nolan McLean, was carving up ...

The added weight has allowed him to hover around 95 mph with the fastball and dial it up to 98 at times. The cutter usually sits between 88-90, while his slider and curveball are in the mid-80s.

And Joe, he was talking about the cut fastball that he used, the sinker that he used, and he’s, he’s incorporated both pitches this year on the fly, so to speak.

Naturally, then, people will figure a pitch at that velocity and with glove-side movement is a cut fastball. “That’s how I throw,” Misiorowski said. “Every pitch is trying to throw 100%.” ...