The idea of weighted-ball training for pitchers to throw faster has been around for more than a half-century. There are studies on the process dating to the late 1960s in the heyday of Bob Gibson, ...

Long before he became a three-time Cy Young Award winner, he was a high schooler who couldn't consistently muster the arm strength needed to get drafted. So he went to college, took the time he ...

Seattle relief pitcher Tayler Saucedo uses a weighted ball to warm up in the bullpen before a spring training baseball game. Velocity training is the rage in baseball from the youth levels up through ...

Over the past decade, technology has played a greater role in baseball. Instant replay; various ball tracking devices that measure spin rate, movement and velocity; and PitchCom devices relaying pitch ...

SEATTLE — Justin Verlander was a gangly teenager. His parents jokingly called him a “brontosaurus.” Long before he became a three-time Cy Young Award winner, he was a high schooler who couldn’t ...

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