Of all the pitches in Paul Skenes’ arsenal, he happened upon his best by accident. The “splinker” -- his hybrid ...

Catchers are like quarterbacks in baseball, handling game-calling, framing pitches, and managing the flow of a game. Alvarez’s chemistry with the rotation will be missed in the early weeks of ...

With Gerrit Cole undergoing season-ending Tommy John Surgery today, the Yankees will be without their ace for the entire 2025 ...

To get an idea of how important the 13 pitches that Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. threw on Tuesday night were, the ...

In the World Series Championship season of 2021, the Atlanta Braves used seven different catchers when injuries decimated the ...

Finding a franchise catcher can be tough ... Future: Moises Ballesteros (Tier: 1) With a 5'8", 215-pound frame, Ballesteros might not look the part of a top-tier prospect, but he can flat-out ...

In the meantime, the Mets will roll with backup catcher Luis Torrens getting the bulk of the playing time. They love him for his defensive ability — calling games, framing pitches, throwing out ...

Major League Baseball has done a lot of experimenting lately. Rule changes have been hitting the scene left and right. It wasn't until very recently that challenges were introduced into the sport ...

The Wofford baseball team used eight runs over the final four innings Saturday afternoon at Latham Park to best the Elon ...

On the one hand, he agreed, because the point of framing pitches is to convince umpires that a ball is a strike and ABS — by allowing batters (and pitchers or catchers) to challenge calls ...