Manager Aaron Boone described the pitch as "almost like a combination of a forkball, knuckleball [and] changeup." ...

He’s got a cutter. The fastball of choice for a generation of relievers in the years during and after Mariano Rivera’s bat-splintering dominance, the cutter is the tight, sharp evolutionary ...

Devin Williams, Airbender. Having a closer with a unique pitch is nothing new for the Yankees, as Mariano Rivera’s cutter made him the best to ever do the job. Williams met The Sandman at an ...

Having a closer with a unique pitch is nothing new for the Yankees, as Mariano Rivera’s cutter made him the best to ever do the job. Williams met The Sandman at an autograph signing event in New ...

Here are 10 candidates to watch, all returning from major injuries, and what their front-office executives and managers said ...

Williams probably is going to a huge fan favorite because he’s the closest thing to what Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera ... too — the cutter for Rivera, the Airbender changeup for Williams.

The pitch that created one of baseball’s coolest nicknames -- “The Airbender” -- is a curiosity at Yankees camp, where ...

TAMPA — Devin Williams looks a little different now that he’s a Yankee. His signature pitch, however, remains the same. The closer, acquired from the Brewers over the offseason, no longer ...

He said it’s one of his goals to eventually reach 500 career saves, a mark only reached by Hall of Famers Mariano Rivera (652) and Trevor Hoffman ... Jansen's calling card is his cutter, which remains ...