MLB's 4 hardest hitters are all in the World Series
This World Series could be a slugging showcase for the ages. The Yankees and Dodgers have the four hardest-hitting players in baseball between them: Aaron Judge, Juan Soto, Giancarlo Stanton and Shohei Ohtani.
The eye test would tell you that all by itself. Just watch the home runs those four...
Shohei Ohtani
Aaron Judge
Giancarlo Stanton
Juan Soto
Manaea has had Ohtani's number -- but will he in Game 6?
Now that the Mets have forced a Game 6 against the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, all eyes will be on one matchup in particular on Sunday at Dodger Stadium: Shohei Ohtani vs. Sean Manaea.
Manaea is the Mets' best starter, and he absolutely dismantled Ohtani in Game...
Sean Manaea
Shohei Ohtani
Why the Yankees have the most dominant closer in the playoffs
You'd think the most dominant closer in the 2024 playoffs -- or at the very least, the most dominant closer in the ALCS -- would be Emmanuel Clase. But really, it's been Luke Weaver.
The Yankees closer, who was not a closer at all until September, and who was a...
Luke Weaver
Judge just had his postseason breakout. Is Ohtani next?
The Dodgers and Yankees each made it to their respective League Championship Series, and they combined to win three of the first four games of those series, and yet they each had a similar question to answer: Why have our biggest hitting superstars not done a whole lot so far?...
Aaron Judge
Shohei Ohtani
How Lindor started squaring up everything and turned his season around
Everyone knows how Francisco Lindor powered the Mets into the National League Championship Series with two of the biggest swings in franchise history -- the home run against the Braves that sent the Mets to the playoffs, and the grand slam against the Phillies that sent them into their showdown...
Francisco Lindor
After canceled flight, N.Y. family lands Sánchez's longest MLB homer of '24
MIAMI -- When the Buckley family’s flights from South Florida back home to upstate New York got canceled on Aug. 5 due to Tropical Storm Debby, they decided to purchase tickets for the series opener between the Reds and Marlins.
Tim and Ashley, along with their three kids, Teagan (15),...
Jesus Sanchez
Yanks, Royals now move to an actual hitters' haven (yes, really)
When we learned that the Yankees and Royals would be facing off in the best-of-five American League Division Series, we were excited to see some of the most high-powered sluggers alive – like, of course, Aaron Judge, Bobby Witt Jr. and Juan Soto – get a chance to hit in...
Scouting report for pitching to Ohtani (Spoiler: good luck!)
Prior to every game, a team’s starting pitcher meets with his catcher and pitching coach to game plan for every hitter in the opposing lineup.
Some of those plans are simple: pump velocity high in the zone, steady dose of breaking balls low and away, avoid first-pitch fastballs, etc....
Shohei Ohtani
See for yourself why Clase's cutter is unhittable
The most dominant reliever in Major League Baseball has been waiting, and now it's time for Emmanuel Clase to take the postseason stage.
Clase, on the back of one of the greatest reliever seasons of all time -- 47 saves and a 0.61 ERA -- will be looming at the...
Emmanuel Clase
From Triple-A castoff to making a huge playoff start? Here's how he did it
Note: A version of this story was originally published on Sept. 14....
Tobias Myers