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 ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Kodai Senga doesn’t quite know who started calling his forkball a “ghost fork” but he knows he heard the term about a decade ago. His signature pitch isn’t technically a ...

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 ...

Los Angeles Dodgers' Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (27) is famous for throwing the fastest forkball in the world. He made headlines on April 2, 2022, when he threw a 151 km/h forkball against ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here's why pitcher Joseph Contreras, ranked No. 23 in the Class of 2026 and the son of former major leaguer Jose Contreras, ...

PORT ST. LUCIE — Kodai Senga’s focus is getting to the regular season in optimum health. With that in mind, the Mets right-hander refrained Wednesday from throwing his signature forkball, a second ...

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 ...

Matt Carasiti released a pitch and he knew. He had never been injured in all his years throwing a baseball, but he felt that dreaded pop in his right elbow and knew what it meant. “It was one pitch on ...