CLEVELAND — There aren't many times a pitcher can basically tell a hitter what pitch is coming next, and it just doesn't matter. Hitters need to be kept off balance, at least to an extent, unless a ...

His dominance on the mound helped fuel one of the most sustained runs of excellence in modern sports, turning ninth innings into inevitabilities and championships into expectations (especially in New ...

Back when Jose Trevino caught for the Rangers, Emmanuel Clase made a strong first impression. “He was throwing 103 with a lot of cut,” Trevino, now a Yankee, said of his 2019 teammate before the ...

On his journey to becoming the second to 600 saves, and the all-time saves leader, hundreds of hitters have seen Mariano Rivera’s famed cut fastball. Those hitters have ranged from future Hall of ...

More than one organization has banned the cutter at one time or another. But it's barely one pitch, and you probably wouldn't want to have banned Mariano Rivera from throwing that pitch. Turns out, ...