Ryan Gusto earned the last opening-day spot in the Astros' bullpen. How he got there is a testament to taking advantage of an ...

A sweeper tends to be thrown slower than a traditional slider, which gives it more time to “sweep” across the strike zone.

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Nationals left-hander MacKenzie Gore was making his first Opening Day start for Washington on Thursday. That afternoon, he ...

Some point to Aug. 17 as the day the Twins’ season started to fall apart last year. The Twins, after beating the Texas Rangers in the first three games of the series, were up 4-0 in the seventh inning ...

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Without a designated closer such as injured Alexis Diaz, Reds manager Terry Francona must sort out the back end of his ...

The Mets’ 3-1 Opening Day loss to the Houston Astros at Daikin Park featured a base-running blunder, a botched double play ...

The only issue here is that Fitts doesn’t throw the sinker to lefties, so the two pitches can’t play off of one another. However, Fitts’ sweeper is better as a swing-and-miss offering to righties, so ...

Luzardo forced the sweeper, especially in counts he wouldn ... Thomson has resisted that because Castellanos works hard on his outfield play, and he didn’t want to slight the veteran.

Andrew Chafin signed a minor league deal Feb. 24 with the Detroit Tigers, in which he earns a prorated $2.5 million for time ...