For nearly every pitcher in baseball, establishing a quality fastball is one of the most essential steps for someone to find success. Fastball pitches (4-seam, 2-seam, sinker, cutter) make up just shy ...

This story was excerpted from the Cubs Beat newsletter. This edition was written by Jared Greenspan. To read the full ...

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 ...

Yesterday, we examined the top fastballs in the minor leagues per Stuff+, ranking the top four- and two-seam fastballs as graded based on their unique pitch characteristics. Today, we’ll be continuing ...