The 6-foot-5 freshman right-hander is expected to be a key part of the rotation, most likely as the Saturday starter, and has ...

Am, commentators and analysts repeatedly mentioned over the weekend that Rory McIlroy had changed golf balls before the ...

The baseline of an ace pitcher was 14 wins with a sub-3.00 ERA and more than 200 strikeouts. The target for a second-tier ace last season was 13 wins with a 3.4 ...

The Cardinals have a lot of players who project to contribute somewhere in the majors, without many guys who offer any ...

Figure 1 shows the average pitch trajectory of his four-seam fastball ... a strike or a take on a pitch with a greater than 50% likelihood of being called a ball. As batters see a pitch more and more ...

In the first of a new series, Saha tells The Athletic about playing with Rooney and Ronaldo, and why you have to do 'extra' ...

But a well nipped pitch — that is ... slightly descending blow and a shot with the desired trajectory. Another trait of good nippers of the ball is that they are never afraid to step down ...

Trent Alexander-Arnold is undoubtedly a catalyst of modern football’s tactical landscape. Operating nominally as a right-back ...

THERE'S no doubt that Colchester United are a better team than they were at the start of the season. With the feel-good factor around the club, there is only one direction we are heading in and that ...

All of this promotes a downward, ball-first strike. You’ll make crisp contact, allowing the club to deliver the shot into the green on a lower trajectory ... and keep your pitch shots down ...