When launch angle became a normal part of the baseball lexicon, major league pitchers started throwing more four-seam fastballs at the top of the strike zone, and sinkers seemingly fell out of style.

Some of the best pitches in the history of baseball just kind of happen. Mariano Rivera never intended to learn a cutter, and yet a game of catch where his ball started cutting turned him into the ...

All of Garrett Crochet’s pitches were really good. Except his changeup. That one was just okay. His four-seam was dominant, his cutter racked up strikes, and nobody could touch his sweeper. What made ...