Archive for the 'Pitching' Category

On September 20, 1958 Hoyt Wilhelm threw a no-hitter against the New York Yankees. That remains the last time a single pitcher no-hit the Bronx Bombers. Richard looks back at this and other franchise no-hitter records.

With Desmond Jennings and Jeremy Hellickson long gone it’s time to turn to stealth prospects.

When pitchers increase the number of their weapons.

There are so many top-20 pitchers this year.

Sometimes there’s too much realism in fantasy baseball.

Proposing a quantitative method for recording how pitchers grip the baseball

He has three college degrees and a slew of major league accomplishments, but no baseball job.

Batted balls, reliability and measuring pitchers.

On Aug. 17, 1977 Mike Maroth was born. Maroth holds a dubious distinction: He was the last pitcher to lose 20 games.

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