Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Blengino covers all things baseball, with an analytical bent. Let’s go pitch by pitch through the arsenals of all starting ...

HOUSTON — Framber Valdez is a groundball guru, always one pitch away from avoiding danger during tense situations. Since 2018, no starting pitcher with at least 500 innings has generated more ...

We know Shohei Ohtani is an almost mythical creature, an offensive juggernaut (30 home runs this year) combined with an ace pitcher with a major-league-leading K/9 (among qualified starters) of 12:1 ...

Sam Briend and Matt Blake have long been considered some of the best minds in baseball, and their work with the Yankees since being hired in 2020 speaks for itself. They’ve built a pitching empire in ...

Clay Holmes knew what made him special as a pitcher. It took some time — and a trade to the Yankees — for that vision to become reality. Credit...Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Supported by By Tyler ...

It remains ridiculous that Major League Baseball players are capable of hitting some of the pitches they see these days. It seems impossible. At least it should be impossible, especially when you're ...

Even when he didn’t pitch well last year, Zack Britton was still a ground-ball machine. The lefty Yankees reliever finished in the top five in the majors in ground ball rate (minimum of 10 innings ...