The rise of the splitter over the past half a decade -- fueled by the emergence of elite pitching from Japan, where the the offering is a standard part of nearly every pitcher's arsenal, and the ...

Why the splitter pitch will decide World Series Game 6 for Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blue Jays' Kevin Gausman originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source ...

Every year, it seems like a new pitch is the most popular in baseball. This year in the World Series, one pitch has more potency than any other for the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers: the ...

TORONTO — Kevin Gausman still gets surprised when young pitchers ask to learn his splitter. The mechanics of the pitch are tricky. Gripped with fingers spread wide and thrown with the velocity of a ...

Let’s not pretend the split-finger fastball is anything new. It’s been part of baseball’s lexicon for decades, and it’s been a talking point seemingly every postseason for years now. But 2025 was ...

With the Toronto Blue Jays on the cusp of a World Series title, pitcher Kevin Gausman’s mastery of the splitter is not just athletic skill, it’s a brilliant application of physics.

Gausman has thrown his splitter 41.4% of the time in the postseason, followed on the Blue Jays by fellow starter Trey ...

A starting pitcher throwing one complete game in the postseason is rare enough in this day and age … forget two … forget two ...

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman delivers against the Seattle Mariners during the seventh inning in Game 7 of baseball's American League Championship Series in Toronto, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025.