Bob Melvin was talking about the improvement of Padres reliever Steven Wilson, when the San Diego skipper dropped in some cool-kid lingo that's making the rounds in Major League Baseball these days.

It has been reported that the sweeper is a new pitch being employed by some of the top pitchers in the MLB. In a year when so much has changed, from universal DH to Pitchcom technology, it is not ...

The whirly. The hand of God. The sweeper. The slutter. The riding slider. Baseball’s newest pitch has many different names, but mostly one form. It’s a slider that, because of the way the seams are ...

Tune into baseball for long enough in 2022 and you’re almost assured to come across an unfamiliar term. The “sweeper” is the newest weapon being deployed against MLB hitters. It is revitalizing the ...