Texas baseball made a change to Jared Spencer's slider. He used it to dominate Georgia

Texas baseball's coaching staff helped Jared Spencer tweak his slider. He used it to dominate Georgia on Friday.

Phillies’ Taijuan Walker leans on his slider and blanks Braves for five innings

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Taijuan Walker returned from the World Baseball Classic and got right back to work on his slider. Walker ...
Baseball Prospectus

Best of BP: What Do 868 Sliders Do to a Hitter’s Season?

Opening day 2023, first inning, two outs and a man on. Teoscar Hernández strolls up for his first at-bat for the Seattle Mariners. Shane Bieber is on the mound for Cleveland. Hernández, the new ...
The New York Times

Sliders: For new Baseball Hall of Fame class, growing the game means rethinking the way in

Welcome to Sliders, a weekly in-season MLB column that focuses on both the timely and timeless elements of the game. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Billy Wagner broke his right arm twice when he was 5 years old.
Baseball America

Chase Burns’ Slider, Hagen Smith’s Fastball & The 9 Nastiest Pitches In The 2024 Draft

Readers scrolling through our final BA 500 big board will find pitch grades for the top 200 prospects. So we thought it’d be fun to examine the nastiest offerings in the 2024 MLB Draft class. Some ...
Forbes

Reds’ Hunter Greene Throws MLB’s Best Slider, And Throws It Often

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Blengino covers all things baseball, with an analytical bent. With spring training camps opening all around us, it’s time to ...
Major League Baseball

Vlad goes airborne, scores on incredible Superman slide

The Dominican Republic has battered its opponents this World Baseball Classic, launching home runs with abandon, with wild celebrations at home plate. But that doesn’t mean they can’t score in other ...