The flamethrower who's becoming MLB's most electric closer
Mason Miller, pitching in one of the most tense roles in baseball, feels free -- and the radar gun is showing it.
The A's sophomore right-hander, moved to the bullpen in an effort to preserve his health, is suddenly the most electric closer in baseball, blowing MLB's best hitters away...
Mason Miller
Did Ted's 'red seat' HR really go 502 feet?
There’s absolutely no shortage of legendary home runs in baseball history, whether we’re talking about Babe Ruth’s “called shot” in 1932, Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” in 1951, Carlton Fisk’s foul-pole prayer in 1975 or thousands of others along the way. Homers make up something like 3% of...
Ted Williams
Triston Casas
103.3 mph heat, 118.7 mph HR among stats of the week
Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (April 19-25).
Can’t touch this: A’s closer Mason Miller’s overwhelming velocity was on full display on Monday afternoon in the Bronx. He sealed the save with strikeouts at 103.3 mph, 102.5 mph and 102.5 mph. He...
Every team's hardest-hit home run
Baseball has always been a simple game. You throw the ball hard. You hit the ball hard. And sometimes, the ball is hit with such force that you can’t help but ask yourself, “Just how hard was that thing hit?!”
Thanks to Statcast, we now know the exit velocity of...
From 105 mph in relief to one of MLB’s best starters
Jordan Hicks has always dreamed of starting in the Major Leagues. But in 2022, when Hicks’ dream was first realized, it didn’t go how he envisioned.
To begin with, Hicks wasn’t fully built up as a starting pitcher after spending his first three MLB seasons as a reliever for the...
Jordan Hicks
Which of these big names will break HR drought first?
In many areas of life, there’s nothing like the burden that gets removed when you knock your first one off the board. But a few big-name MLB hitters are still searching for that moment.
Entering play on Friday, there are 46 players with at least 50 plate appearances and no...
Julio Rodriguez
Alex Bregman
Nick Castellanos
Carlos Santana
Jose Abreu
Colt Keith
Wyatt Langford
Gleyber Torres
Spencer Torkelson
Mookie, Soto among those with week's most spectacular stats
Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (April 12-18).
Crocheting: After his fourth start Saturday, Garrett Crochet is up to 31 strikeouts and four walks this season. That’s the most strikeouts in a pitcher’s first four career starts in White Sox franchise history,...
How Skubal learned one of baseball's nastiest pitches
Tarik Skubal's ascendance to an MLB ace began on April 30, 2021. That day was the genesis of what's become one of baseball's most unhittable pitches: Skubal's changeup.
Skubal enters Wednesday's start against the World Series champion Rangers as the most valuable pitcher in the Majors over the last 10...
Tarik Skubal
The certain Hall of Famer hitting like a GOAT again
Few players in MLB history have compiled a peak like Mike Trout had in the 2010s.
From 2012-19 (1,159 games), Trout slashed .308/.422/.587 with a 178 OPS+ that was far and away the best among hitters with at least 1,000 plate appearances (David Ortiz was next-closest at 154), while Trout's...
Mike Trout
The most interesting new pitches of 2024
It might not quite be “best shape of my life,” so far as annual Spring Training rites go, but “I’m working on a new pitch” is a close second.
Every year, it seems like dozens of pitchers show up to camp saying they’ve learned a new pitch that’s going to...
Cody Bolton
Carlos Rodon
Logan Gilbert
Garrett Crochet
Zack Wheeler
Bryce Miller
Dean Kremer
Dominic Leone
Zack Thompson