TORONTO -- In Game 6 of the World Series on Friday, two of the foremost practitioners of the pitch that has defined October will duel at Rogers Centre. Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu ...

In that second inning, it was about an 8-9 mph difference between Kevin Gausman’s splitter and Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s splitters. They can at times look like separate pitch types and shapes. Kris Bubic: ...

TORONTO — Mr. Splitty has returned. Showcased by World Series Game 6 starters Kevin Gausman and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, split-finger fastballs have been used for 6.8% of postseason pitches this year, more ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. — The David Bednar splitter, as the pitch is labeled by those who have borrowed the grip, didn’t start out that way. It was the Hideo Nomo splitter first, since Bednar learned the ...

This story was excerpted from Tim Stebbins' Guardians Beat newsletter, with MLB.com's Jared Greenspan filling in for this ...