When it was announced weeks before the season that the Houston Astros would employ a "piggyback" pitching approach throughout their minor-league system, pundits wondered if the move would produce ...

Further commitment to developing pitching depth requires the Houston Astros to employ a strategy never used in the club's half-century existence. Announced days ago, the Astros will have their entire ...

READING, Pa. - The Reading Fightin Phils are taking a unique approach to their starting pitching, a piggy-back system. Although unique, the style isn't new and the Fightins are not alone in this ...