Connor Finn remembers first learning how to throw a breaking ball. He was in ninth grade and he and some baseball buddies ...

Following a brief stint with the Mets at the tail end of the 2025 season, Jonah Tong knew he had to add to his pitching arsenal heading into this year’s camp in Port St. Lucie. Primarily a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — There’s a pitch in baseball that has launched careers into the stratosphere and quietly sabotaged others. It’s not the fastball. It’s not the curveball. It’s the cutter — and on the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Blengino covers all things baseball, with an analytical bent. The Best Pitches series rolls on - we’ve already tackled ...

Spring Training is always a testing ground for new pitches. It seems like every pitcher is trying something new with their arsenal. The regular season is another story. New pitch experiments from the ...

That’s the critical nuance. The cutter isn’t something you lean on immediately. You introduce it, control it, keep hitters honest about it. Messick made exactly that point himself: you don’t have to ...