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How a tiny mechanical glitch turns Phil Hughes from a front-line starter into a home run machine.

While his low-mid 90s heater, hard 12-6 curve and straight change have been staples in his repertoire for the majority of his career, his slider has evolved quite a bit.

A new book claims that most of MLB home field advantage is due to home plate officiating. Does this theory hold water? Stay tuned to find out.

Venters' Rookie Campaign

Zack Greinke has undoubtedly been the talk of the baseball world following Sunday's Royals/Brewers trade that sent Greinke to Milwaukee for four Brewers prospects.  Since 2008, Greinke has...

What Happened? On Wednesday, the Athletics agreed to a deal with Rich Harden worth about $1.5 million.  Harden began his career with the A's in 2003 and remained in Oakland until a 2008 trade...

Amidst the flurry of deals that have gone down over the past week (and those that will continue throughout the Winter Meetings), I'd like to focus on two that brought versatile relief pitchers to...

What's Different About Joba Chamberlain's Slider?

The votes are in. First the news. Updates As with Brad Thomas, we have a not-so new arm now on the radar screen. Casey Daigle has returned to the big leagues. Not even the best pitcher in his...

We received 130 votes last week, and we'll be taking your votes again. I'm adding some write-in candidates, like Sergio Santos. Here's why -- if a pitcher has PITCHf/x data prior to his Major...