Why Sasaki's splitter looks like MLB's next great pitch
A version of this story originally ran on March 5 after Sasaki's Spring Training debut....
Roki Sasaki
Is this the secret to Ohtani's all-fields power?
What makes Shohei Ohtani different from other star sluggers? It's not just the amount of home runs, or even the explosiveness of the home runs. It's also how he hits them.
The mantra of the modern-day MLB power hitter is to "hit the ball out in front" \-\- in other...
Shohei Ohtani
Can moving back in batter's box elevate this young OF to star status?
If the Cubs are going to make some moves towards their first full-season division title since 2017, it’s not just going to be about new additions like Kyle Tucker, Ryan Pressly, Justin Turner and Matthew Boyd.
It’s going to be about improvements from returning players, too. It’s going to be...
Pete Crow-Armstrong
What does deGrom's next chapter hold?
Before the 2023 season, the Rangers signed Jacob deGrom to a five-year, $185 million deal. You might not have thought about him since.
OK, that’s more than a little unfair. Then again, deGrom made just six starts for Texas in early 2023, then injured his elbow at the end of...
Jacob deGrom
15 nasty new pitches we've seen this spring
Spring Training is the season of new pitches. Tons of pitchers all around big league camps are experimenting with their repertoires and adding to their arsenals.
Some new pitches stick, some don't. But let's try to find the ones that are worth paying attention to as the 2025 regular season...
Paul Skenes
Jackson Jobe
Max Scherzer
Clay Holmes
Bryce Miller
Dylan Cease
Yusei Kikuchi
Andrés Muñoz
Jared Jones
Joe Boyle
Kodai Senga
Jack Leiter
Jesús Luzardo
Max Meyer
Robbie Ray
'Walltimore' no more: The effect of Camden Yards' latest change
Three years later, we’re back at it again.
After three seasons of batters grimacing at the expanded left-field wall in Camden Yards – “Walltimore,” as it maybe-sort-of-affectionately came to be known – the Orioles announced in November that they’d be making the dimensions a little friendlier to hitters. That meant...
Ryan Mountcastle
12 standouts from first week of Spring Training games
Spring Training might not count, but it is when we get the year's first wave of Statcast data, and that deserves a closer look.
Let's try to find some numbers worth paying attention to early on this spring, from the hitters who are ripping the ball to the pitchers who...
Kris Bryant
Jac Caglianone
Corbin Carroll
Anthony Volpe
Bryce Eldridge
Chandler Simpson
Tarik Skubal
Sandy Alcantara
Dustin May
Bryce Miller
Jack Leiter
Cory Lewis
Can Witt get even better? He's working to on the basepaths
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- How does Bobby Witt Jr. follow up a season in which he earned his first All-Star nod, a runner-up finish in American League MVP voting, a Gold Glove, a Silver Slugger and All-MLB honors?
By never settling -- and zeroing in on the area in which he...
Bobby Witt Jr.
8 candidates to make jump from losing record to playoffs
Prior to the 2023 season, we shared with you some fascinating news, which was that a losing team was all but guaranteed to find themselves getting into the playoffs the next season.
Nothing is ever really guaranteed, of course, but at the time, we found that it had happened in...
10 prospects at Spring Training who are lighting up Statcast
One of the best parts of Spring Training every year is getting to see the top prospects in baseball. A lot of the time, it's the first look fans get at MLB's future stars.
But we also know a lot more about those prospects going into Spring Training than we...
Deyvison De Los Santos
Drake Baldwin
JJ Wetherholt
Xavier Isaac
Jac Caglianone
Bubba Chandler
Jacob Misiorowski
Zach Maxwell
Carson Whisenhunt
George Klassen
