CC Sabathia is the New York Yankees' good luck charm. When the retired Yankee pitcher threw the ceremonial first pitch on ...

Instead, he gave the Rays a mostly solid season that mostly went unnoticed while the team posted a sub-.500 record. Pepiot ...

Because more fastball spin typically means more swings and misses ... Beating opponents when they can guess what’s coming is true dominance (think Mariano Rivera’s cutter). For Hader, that was never ...

Mariano Rivera One of the most defeating thoughts a hitter can have is knowing what is coming and still being powerless to stop it. Batters in the 1990s and 2000s knew Rivera was going to ride his ...

Mathewson was a pioneer at the pitching position ... It is very hard to rank a reliever on a list like this, but Mariano Rivera is the greatest closer to ever do it. More men have walked on ...

"Give us Gaddis, though, who might be following in the footsteps of Mariano Rivera, breaking into the ... Gaddis, too, did not exactly pitch all that well in limited action as a starter between ...

Trent Grisham, one of the hottest Yankees hitters early in the season, started his fifth straight game Monday, this one over Jasson Domínguez in a 6-2 loss to the Tigers. Carlos Rodon comes undone in ...