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Ben Joyce was feeling extra amped up. It was a tie game in the ninth inning on Sept. 3 against the rival Dodgers and Tommy Edman at the plate with two outs and an 0-2 count after getting ahead with a ...

However, a pivotal moment in Joyce's development came when veteran reliever Hunter Strickland taught him a new grip for a "splinker," or two-seam fastball. This addition to his arsenal gave him ...

The arsenal and pitch sequencing improved all season, and Sandlin made notable improvements with slight grip tweaks to his ... that resembled a splitter/splinker of one of the best pitchers ...

Veteran second baseman Adam Frazier, who reunited with the Pirates last month, volunteered to be the first batter to face ...

TODAY: Jansen’s deal with the Angels is now official, as is the club’s deal with Yoan Moncada. Anthony Rendon and Robert Stephenson were transferred to the 60-day injured list to make room on ...

That's because Skenes is looking to add a cutter and two-seam fastball to a nasty repertoire that already includes his signature "splinker" (splitter-sinker hybrid) pitch and traditional four-seam ...

The 22-year-old is tinkering with adding a cutter and a running two-seam fastball to an arsenal that already includes a four-seamer that tops out north of 100 mph and a “splinker” that was one ...

The first pitch the left-handed-hitting Frazier saw was a splinker that darted down and away while catching the outside corner of the strike zone. Frazier's bat never moved as the ball whizzed by ...