SEATTLE (AP) — 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...