Anyone who has played organized baseball and taken a strike looking to start an at-bat has heard this phrase shouted. In split seconds, you have to identify a pitch and make a decision on where and ...

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 ...

There’s a new weapon in Major League Baseball, and it’s not coming from the mound. Trajekt, a high-tech pitching simulator, is sweeping through the league. It allows hitters to study and practice ...

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rapsodo, the sports data company known for helping athletes analyze real-time metrics to reach their full potential, today announces a new partnership with ...

PHOENIX — Early on this spring training, Shohei Ohtani told Dodgers coaches he wanted to take 50 at-bats before the start of the regular season. To reach the mark before the team’s opening day series ...

Trajekt -- essentially a pitching robot that can play the video of any pitcher's windup, then spit out all of his pitches from the appropriate arm angle based on the reams of data available -- is now ...

"You're just getting more and more realistic views of what opposing pitchers have," catcher Riley Adams said of the Nationals' new Trajekt Arc machine. Sam Navarro / Imagn Images WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.

At the Mariners Spring Training Complex in Peoria, a fastball zipped into the batting cage at 96 mph, thrown by a Kansas City Royals pitcher who isn’t even in the building. “This is the guy we’re ...

NEW YORK — New York Yankees left fielder Alex Verdugo timed it just right. The 94 mph sinker from Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Michael Wacha was high and inside, but Verdugo fought it off to ...

CINCINNATI --Regardless of his playing status on a given night, Jared Triolo has worked off the field to stay prepared for any and all opportunities that might come his way. Triolo has played more of ...

The Trajekt Arc machine lets batters practice against a replication of any pitcher they will face, firing pitches with specific spin and even incorporating video of the windup and delivery. Video ...

The Los Angeles Angels trailed by a run halfway through their May 28 game against the New York Yankees, and Willie Calhoun figured he would plan ahead. Calhoun, a journeyman outfielder, thought he ...