PHOENIX – When AJ Smith-Shawver first tried to pick up a slider by himself, he had trouble throwing it hard. He tried to spin it like a sideways curveball.

It took another six hours of throwing and fiddling with the grip for Bauer to throw the slider he wanted, along with a changeup he designed in a similar way.

Adding a cutter/slider that he feels comfortable throwing should conceivably make the other pitches play up. Now, here is where we’ll offer another disclaimer.

In this captivating video, watch as a former baseball pitcher embarks on a thrilling challenge: attempting to master Randy ...

One gray day in April 2012, Oregon State’s Matthew Boyd was playing catch with his pitching coach at the tail end of a rain delay when, out of some combination of boredom and curiosity, he as… ...

“That (87-88 mph pitch) was my slider all those years,” Zimmermann said. “It kind of turned into a cutter. So I feel like I got the slider back and now I know how to throw this cutter.” ...

Rainey would deliver a scoreless frame. The skipper said Rainey's ability to throw strikes early in counts has helped him build that confidence into a full-inning pitcher.

TORONTO — Andrés Muñoz remembers the first time the Mariners suggested that he should throw his slider more than his high-octane fastball. Muñoz, who in 2019 with the Padres had his heater ...

Was trying to throw a back-foot slider there and it just kind of spun." In the end, Corbin was tagged with six runs because Wander Suero later surrendered a three-run shot to Justin Turner.

In a recent episode of the Foul Territory podcast, former Chicago White Sox teammates AJ Pierzynski and Chris Sale talked about the hilarious moment involving the legendary Derek Jeter.