Earlier this month, Athlon posted a piece naming Sonny Gray as the lone pitcher out of a pool of 162 whose sustained improvement in both swinging-strike rate and K-BB% was the sign of a true breakout ...

Every pitch matters. That might be a simplistic analysis, but it's the basic premise of Statcast's Run Value system, which ...

I’m tired of writing about Paul Skenes. But until we figure him out in 2026, we press on. Skenes is still striking hitters out at one of the best rates in baseball. That single fact should end most of ...

Welcome back to our series on the innovations the Yankees pitching department is making with the sinker! They’ve dusted off the pitch from a period of league-wide dormancy and have a renewed focus on ...

Something obviously clicked for Logan Webb in June. Not only did Webb lead the Majors with a 0.71 ERA last month, he went at least seven innings in all five of his starts. Workhorse Webb re-emerged ...

Sometimes a pitch gets better because a pitcher throws it less The four-seam fastball is the most popular pitch in baseball. It has been every year since pitch tracking began in 2008. In 2026 it still ...

Pitchers cutting four-seam fastballs require different fantasy evaluations; replacement pitch and ERA-xERA alignment reveal true buy and sell opportunities. The four-seam fastball is the most popular ...

Tampa Bay Rays slugger Junior Caminero was forced from the All-Star Game after he took a pitch off the hands.

Montgomery lasted only 53 pitches Saturday in what was supposed to be a five-inning, 75-pitch outing for Triple-A Round Rock.

Over his 16-year professional baseball career, left-hander Ross Detwiler saw it all. He played for 10 MLB teams — the ...

X-rays returned negative results on the hand of the Tampa Bay Rays' Junior Caminero after he was hit by a pitch at the 2026 ...

There he was, his first MLB start in his hometown stadium against his childhood team and facing his favorite player — heady ...