Showcased by World Series Game 6 starters Kevin Gausman and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, split-finger fastballs have been used for 6.8 ...

The rise of the splitter over the past half a decade -- fueled by the emergence of elite pitching from Japan, where the the ...

One of the great features of baseball is how often this old sport learns a new trick. They've been playing the game since the 1800s, yet every season brings an innovation to the forefront. Sometimes ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. When Bruce Sutter began experimenting with ...

Hall of Fame baseball writer Rick Hummel, aka "Commish," highlights the multi-year standouts and the one-year wonders among the St. Louis Cardinals' 9th-inning specialists of the past 40 years.