Two outs, two strikes. Tying run on second. Gerrit Cole on the bump. You’re pinch-hitting, you tell yourself in the batting cage. The crucial pitch is on the way — just as soon as it matriculates its ...

Trying to perfect your batting skills can be extremely frustrating when the pitching is erratic — you spend more time waiting for a decent pitch than perfecting your mechanics. A quality pitching ...

Are you trying to make it to the big leagues? It might be time to get a pitching machine. These automatic ball launchers allow you to practice swinging at different speeds and angles. From helping you ...

The New York Yankees are among the growing number of MLB teams to adopt Trajekt Arc, a high-tech pitching machine that replicates the delivery, release point, spin rate and pitch dynamics of MLB ...

TAMPA, Fla. – Nestor Cortes got behind the plate in a batting cage and watched an 8-foot-high, 1,200-pound robot spit out fastballs, cutters and sweepers just like the ones spinning off the fingertips ...

The Mets’ expensive new toy is assembled and operational, providing hitters with another tool in their constant quest for an edge. During the team’s West Coast trip in early June, a high-tech pitching ...

WASHINGTON — A Cubs analyst calls up Madison Bumgarner on the computer stationed next to the batting tunnel within the bowels of Wrigley Field. The projection screen on the other end of the hitting ...