Tom’s Pitching Lab: The Four-Seam Is Dying and Here is What Pitchers Are Throwing Instead, and Who to Buy.

Sometimes a pitch gets better because a pitcher throws it less The four-seam fastball is the most popular pitch in baseball.
The New York Times

Jhoan Duran’s revised 4-seam fastball key to his resurgence, reliever of the month award

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Many factors are involved in the early-season resurgence that led Jhoan Duran to earn reliever of the month honors Tuesday, but it’s hard to dismiss the impact of a revamped ...
Yahoo! Sports

How Bryan Woo has emerged as the Mariners' anchor with the help of his superpower: a nearly unhittable four-seam fastball

It took some time for Bryan Woo to discover his superpower. Today, Woo’s outlier skill — a four-seam fastball that consistently flummoxes hitters — is on full display every time the right-hander takes ...
Major League Baseball

Why Cole's fastball is in a league of its own

Gerrit Cole only tweeted video of a single pitch. But it's the pitch -- the pitch that defines his transformation into a $300 million ace. One elevated four-seamer, thrown under the backdrop of Yankee ...
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The two-seam fastball is the most undervalued pitch in baseball. And the Royals know it

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 ...