Forkball pitchers are a rare breed, perhaps even rarer than the elusive knuckleballer. The forkball is a pitch that isn’t used much anymore in the major leagues, though its cousin, the split-finger ...

You've read this before. It wasn't even that long ago. Three weeks ago, BP's own Dan Rozenson wrote about Tyler Clippard and his "split-finger fastball." The quotation marks are because you could ...

Wednesday night, I saw something I’d never seen before. Wednesday night, I saw an original forkball. The Angels were losing to the Royals in the ninth, and Mike Scioscia summoned 28-year-old rookie ...

Being a major league pitcher isn't the sweet gig that it used to be. You can't use sticky stuff. You can't take your time. Heck, you can't even rely on over-shifted defenders and small bases to save ...

PORT ST. LUCIE — Mets stars Pete Alonso, Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil were summoned to face new Mets sensation Kodai Senga for a stadium pitching display Sunday, and club bigwigs, including owner ...

There was a ghost sighting at spring training in Florida on Sunday. Or rather, there were two ghost sightings to be precise. That's the number of times New York Mets rookie pitcher Kodai Senga hurled ...

Professional baseball player Son Dong-hyun (24) of KT Wiz is taking down batters like falling leaves with his new pitch. Son Dong-hyun, who joined KT via the 2019 rookie draft, round 2, pick 21, is a ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — It is arguably the most mystifying pitch heading into the 2023 Major League Baseball season, and it comes with a mysterious name. The ghost forkball. Kodai Senga's signature ...

When considering a name for the pitch he rescued from extinction, Los Angeles Angels reliever Robert Coello at first settled on its historic label: a forkball, jammed deep between his index and middle ...

NEW YORK – The talk around the Big Apple the past two nights when it comes to baseball has been about the Nationals’ young starting pitchers. And rightfully so. Josiah Gray (nine strikeouts over six ...

While introducing new Mets right-hander Kodai Senga at Citi Field on Monday, general manager Billy Eppler pointed out his own background in professional scouting. “My mentors always talked about guys ...