The split-fingered fastball is the "it" pitch right now, but it is still rarely thrown by left-handed pitchers. Why is that? Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic; iStock During the final ...

Pitch tempo refers to how much time a pitcher takes between pitches. The Pitch Tempo leaderboard on Baseball Savant shows which MLB pitchers work the fastest, and the slowest. Statcast's pitch tempo ...

You’re reading The Sporting Scene, Louisa Thomas’s weekly look at the world of sports. Jacob Misiorowski, the Milwaukee Brewers’ young ace, is the same height as Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees’ ...