Yu Darvish is brilliant with a baseball ... He weaves a story with curves and changes and sweepers and sliders and splitters. He goes about it all with an air of grace and dignity.

The disaster dump for Darvish happened again in 2023 ... He threw seven pitches – four-seamer (.209 BAA), slider (.213 BAA), sinker (.246 BAA), curveball (.163 BAA), split-finger ...

Here are my top 12 storylines for 2025, concluding with my 39th Annual Dumb World Series Prediction™. Yes, I’ve been doing ...

The Padres are closing in on their final roster decisions -- including a pair of spots in their starting five. On Sunday ...

Like the Padres, the Diamondbacks appear top-heavy. Their answer to Merrill or Tatis is speed-and-power star Corbin Carroll, ...

Major league hitters are scuffling against the offerings of Japanese pitching stars Roki Sasaki, Shota Imanaga, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

The Japanese outfielder visited Darvish’s home in Southern California, Wolfe said, and listened to a glowing recommendation: “Yu spoke very ... progress with his slider, measure the ...

During his second spring game, Mets ace Kodai Senga threw a slow curveball to a Cardinals hitter. Like the ghost fork, the ...

New York Mets fans are quite familiar with Kodai Senga’s 'Ghost Fork' pitch. But on Friday, the Japanese star pitcher introduced a new pitch in his arsenal: the ...

This isn’t a typical analytical column for me or for our site; however, I’ve made it a point over the years to be transparent ...