That’s the critical nuance. The cutter isn’t something you lean on immediately. You introduce it, control it, keep hitters honest about it. Messick made exactly that point himself: you don’t have to ...

Following a brief stint with the Mets at the tail end of the 2025 season, Jonah Tong knew he had to add to his pitching arsenal heading into this year’s camp in Port St. Lucie. Primarily a ...

It started out as a joke: while Cal Raleigh is away, his pitchers will play. Cal’s clubhouse chair wasn’t even cold before Logan Gilbert made a start where he was throwing his cutter and sinker, two ...

Garrett Crochet, Tarik Skubal, Bryan Woo, Hunter Brown, and Paul Skenes all rank among Just Baseball’s top 10 starting pitchers, and each relies on a second fastball variation at least 15% of the time ...

Tim Kurkjian has spent decades as one of baseball’s most knowledgeable voices. But even the best get caught up in the moment sometimes, and this week on Stugotz and Co., producer Mikey A. dug up proof ...

PORT ST. LUCIE — What impressed Carlos Mendoza the most about Jonah Tong‘s five-game big league stint last summer was his ability to wipe the slate clean after tough outings. Tong was an instant ...