Lewis is two months away from launching a device that will do for soccer players what a pitching machine does for baseball players. The machine is called Toca (Spanish for touch), is programmable ...

The crucial pitch is on the way — just as soon as it matriculates its way through that ubiquitous metal tripod, the pitching machine. Actually facing Gerrit Cole is nothing like that.

During the team’s West Coast trip in early June, a high-tech pitching machine arrived at Citi Field that allows hitters to program in a specific pitcher. The machine responds by mimicking that ...