Rays pitcher Chris Archer isn't having trouble with the long ball anymore. Over his first 150+ innings in the majors, one of the things that prevented Archer from emerging as a consistent option in ...
Earlier this month, Jeff Sullivan of FanGraphs wrote about a global trend in pitching throughout MLB. Pitchers are throwing fewer fastballs (as a percentage of total pitches) than ever before, at ...
We know Shohei Ohtani is an almost mythical creature, an offensive juggernaut (30 home runs this year) combined with an ace pitcher with a major-league-leading K/9 (among qualified starters) of 12:1 ...
Cristopher Sánchez has done quite well for the Philadelphia Phillies in his limited time with the big league club. The 25-year-old left-hander has a 3.48 ERA in nine games this season (two starts), ...
This is the Morning Win, by Andy Nesbitt. Major League Baseball pitchers are getting really good at being able to do some really goofy things with a baseball and by goofy I mean throwing utterly ...
It feels strange to say that one of the most forward-thinking organizations in Major League Baseball still has a Proven Closer, but that is what Kenley Jansen has been for the Los Angeles Dodgers for ...
When Aaron Cook struggled in spring training, it was chalked up to a veteran working on his pitches. When he struggled in the first two starts of the season, it was chalked up to a sinker-ball pitcher ...
With the spread of the novel coronavirus delaying the start of Major League Baseball's 2020 season, we have plenty of time to ponder life's big questions. Rather than do that, we've decided to use ...
Clay Holmes knew what made him special as a pitcher. It took some time — and a trade to the Yankees — for that vision to become reality. Credit...Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Supported by By Tyler ...
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