The Athletic has live coverage of the MLB Wild Card Round. Months before he broke his hand and paused the breakthrough season of his career, Anthony Banda hit rock bottom. Baseball had made a habit of ...

Opposing hitters went 23-for-220 (.105 batting average) against Liam Hendriks’ slider from 2019-23. During that stretch, the 35-year-old righty won two AL Rivera Reliever awards and earned three ...

During a three-start stretch in late June, righthander Ryan Murphy allowed a combined 10 earned runs in 12.1 innings for Low-A San Jose. His ERA ballooned from 2.48 to 3.80. The 21-year-old Murphy had ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Randy Rodríguez didn’t need to tweak his slider. The pitch was performing well; Rodríguez was, too. But as April gave way to May, Rodríguez didn’t like the state of the pitch. There ...

Brieske has adjusted the grip on his slider over the offseason to give the pitch more spin, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports. Brieske said his previous slider acted more like a cutter at times, but he's ...

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Joey Cantillo was so excited to talk about his new slider, he was smiling as a question about it was being asked. He was especially effective down the stretch as the Guardians' ...

Lefthander Ethan Small had little choice but to figure out a new grip on his slider. The 24-year-old was sidelined for an extended period during the second half of the 2021 season at Triple-A ...