A 40-90 season?! This budding superstar is setting a historic pace
One year after the Braves’ Ronald Acuña Jr. became the first player in MLB history to produce 40-plus homers and 70-plus steals in a season, the Reds’ Elly De La Cruz is threatening to form a club of his own: the 40-90 Club.
Cincinnati’s budding superstar is off to a...
Elly De La Cruz
Historic homers, crazy comebacks among best stats of the week
Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (April 26-May 2).
Birthdays are important: Anthony Volpe hit an important home run on Sunday -- a birthday homer. At 23 years old, he tied Rusty Torres (Sept. 30, 1971) for the second-youngest Yankees player with...
From DFA’d to producing like one of MLB’s best hitters
Statcast's Expected Weighted On-base Average (xwOBA) is an all-encompassing statistic that looks at a hitter's performance based on quality and quantity of contact.
Both a strong indicator of current and future offensive success, xwOBA generally features some of baseball's best hitters at the top of the leaderboard. Last year's top...
Ryan O'Hearn
See ya, Oriole Park! Soto blasts one to Eutaw Street
BALTIMORE -- The stare was ice cold, displayed immediately after Juan Soto launched one deep for what would be announced as the second-longest homer to reach Eutaw Street. The Yankees slugger flipped his bat dismissively, then savored his trot around the bases.
There had been beef between Soto and Orioles...
Juan Soto
Here is what's behind Soto's incredible start
Juan Soto’s career in pinstripes is off to a stellar start, surprising no one.
Here’s a look at where this start ranks for him and beginnings to Yankees careers overall, and how he’s doing it.
One of his best starts
When a player is in his seventh MLB season, the...
Juan Soto
The breakout star driving MLB's surprise team
After entering the 2024 season projected to miss the playoffs, the Guardians have almost inarguably been MLB’s biggest surprise thus far. Entering Monday, the Guardians lead the AL with a 19-9 record and +46 run differential -- both of which rank second in MLB behind Atlanta this year, and both...
Josh Naylor
Meet the Orioles' latest dynamic duo
In case you hadn’t noticed, the Orioles have a reputation for developing young, quality big league hitters.
Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson have already blossomed into young stars -- and Jackson Holliday (MLB Pipeline’s No. 1 overall prospect) -- could certainly get there sometime soon. But the young talent doesn’t...
Jordan Westburg
Colton Cowser
Bucs rookie Jones fills the zone and you still can't hit him
It's hard not to see it when Jared Jones is ripping 99 mph elevated fastballs past the best hitters in the game, or burying them with dead-zone power sliders -- the Pirates have a Spencer Strider clone out there on the mound.
The 22-year-old Jones, who's been lighting up the...
Jared Jones
How these 7 struggling hitters can turn it around
Even the very best hitters go through cold streaks. While those can often go unnoticed, it’s far different when cold spells come at the beginning of the season. Poor starts -- with no recent string of success to point to -- can raise alarm bells for any hitter, especially those...
Yordan's pair of 461-foot homers help power Mexico City rout
MEXICO CITY -- The colors, sights and sounds of a bustling city and the welcoming culture, and tantalizing food that surrounded them in the day-plus leading up to the start of the Mexico City Series allowed the Astros some time to put their woes behind them, while offering some hope...
Yordan Alvarez