The Cincinnati Reds are one of the better teams this spring at employing MLB's new ball-strike challenge system. Its impact ...
The 2025 season was meant to be a significant one for Jake Burger. He was coming off back-to-back seasons with a .250 batting average and at least 29 home runs. He had just been traded from a Marlins ...
Tom Verducci breaks down why Pete Alonso’s swing looks sharper and more effective now that he’s with the Baltimore Orioles.
PHOENIX –– Hyeseong Kim is building from the ground up this spring. Both with his swing and his Dodgers roster chances. Last year, the 27-year-old South Korean import did not have the rookie season he ...
In modern baseball, a pitcher can walk into a bullpen, stand on a pitching mound with a force-pressure plate on it, throw 10 pitches in full motion-capture gear in view of a half-dozen high-speed ...
Willy Adames struggled to begin last season but became the first Giant with at least 30 homers in a single season since Barry Bonds in 2004 ...
After a season of struggles with his swing and with his health, Michael Massey turned into a bit of a physicist this offseason as he aimed to rework his swing. As Massey fully let his left ankle, righ ...
If there’s anything the Yankees love to do, it’s acquire players from other teams, then try to tweak their pitch […] ...
Jones stepped in against Detroit Tigers right-hander Keider Montero. The pitch was mid-90s, belt-high, top of the zone. Jones did not flinch. He made one clean, compact move and sent the baseball 408 ...
Last year, it was because we had such a bad finish to the regular season, nobody expected us to win in the playoffs.” They not only rallied to beat the Guardians in the wild card series, they took ...
Back around this time two years ago, we made bold predictions about who would be the No. 1 prospect for each organization today. Now it’s time to review our prognosticating skills. A couple of ...
Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Alek Thomas hopes changes to his swing lead to better results in what could be a pivotal year in his career.