During Wednesday’s start against the Rays, Clay Buchholz began toying around with a new pitch in his arsenal: a splitter. Buchholz used it on an 0-2 pitch against the left-handed hitting Elliot Johnson, leading off the fifth inning. Below is the spin chart from Buchholz’s most recent start, with his typical offerings—four-seam fastball: brown, two-seam […]

It’s interleague rivalry series time

Staying one step ahead: a couple of minor league standouts and a prospect worth reminding you about.

Featured this week is a bit of power, a dash of speed, a pinch of starting pitching help, and a potential source of saves.

A couple of suspects got their comeuppances from a couple of pitchers.

Hitting coaches are in the news these days, bringing to mind the king of the hitting gurus.

Short lists for the next two days

Pro baseball before statehood

Franchises, and the presidents who watched them win

The recent injuries to Mariano Rivera and David Robertson have caused something of a stir at the back end of the Yankees bullpen. Rafael Soriano, once the nominal “seventh-inning guy,” has taken hold of the closer’s role, meaning that the Yankees have needed to piece together their setup duties. Fortunately for New York, they have […]