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 ...

Tim Kurkjian has spent decades as one of baseball’s most knowledgeable voices. But even the best get caught up in the moment sometimes, and this week on Stugotz and Co., producer Mikey A. dug up proof ...

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 ...