A right-handed pitcher's slider, for pretty much all of baseball history, has moved the same direction. It starts away from a lefty batter and moves toward them. Or it starts in on a righty hitter and ...

SEATTLE - Over parts of 12 major-league seasons, Christian Vázquez has caught dozens of pitchers and countless variations of pitch types. Such experience leaves little room for novelty. Before Vázquez ...

Welcome to Sliders, a weekly in-season MLB column that focuses on both the timely and timeless elements of baseball. Mark Ripperger had played two years of high school baseball in Escondido, Calif., ...

Welcome to Sliders, a weekly in-season MLB column that focuses on both the timely and timeless elements of the game. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Billy Wagner broke his right arm twice when he was 5 years old.

The New York Mets have seen several starting pitchers breaking out new designer pitches this spring, but none have had as dramatic of an impact as Megill's new slider. New York Mets starter Tylor ...

It's not the slider he wants. That version belongs to Clayton Kershaw, the future Hall of Famer whose tight, late-breaking slider has propelled him to the best career ERA of any starting pitcher in ...

Houston needs to regain depth in its starting pitching staff while looking for replacements for two important pieces of the bullpen. Detroit’s pursuit of the former Cubs southpaw could stabilize a ...