Dodgers assistant pitching coach Connor McGuiness noted Banda’s unorthodox slider grip — one that had just three fingers on the baseball — and tried his first suggestion. He instructed Banda to try to ...
Angel Zerpa was tasked with getting the Royals out of the fifth inning in his postseason debut. But it was not going to be easy. The challenge: Bases loaded with one out and Colton Cowser in the ...
Bochy did it again last year, with Jon Gray in Game 3 in Arizona. The strategy is really nothing new — Lefty Grove was Connie Mack’s bullpen weapon in 1929 — but in modern times, it’s a been hallmark ...
In our latest weekly chat with MLB on FOX analyst John Smoltz, we asked the Hall of Fame pitcher how he'd go about attacking 11 of the best hitters in this year's playoff field.