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
The rainbow of arm angles you'll see in the playoffs
In the playoffs, you won't just see the best pitchers in the world on the mound, you'll see pitchers who come at you from every angle.
You'll see submarine, sidearm, three-quarters and straight over-the-top deliveries. All the different arm slots Major League pitchers use to attack hitters will be on...
Tim Hill
Chris Sale
Josh Hader
Cole Ragans
Tarik Skubal
José Alvarado
Hunter Brown
Dylan Cease
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Gerrit Cole
Zack Wheeler
Edwin Diaz
5 tools, 5 highlight-reel plays for 2024
In baseball, we talk about five-tool players all the time. They're the players who can do it all -- hit for contact and power, with the speed, glove and arm to be the ultimate all-around stars.
But what do those tools look like in action?
With the regular season wrapping...
Aaron Judge
Luis Arraez
Pete Crow-Armstrong
Daulton Varsho
Kevin Kiermaier
Skenes, J-Rod, Ohtani putting up historic stats
Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (Sept. 20-26).
Skenes Day: Through his 22nd career start on Sunday, Paul Skenes has 167 strikeouts. That’s the fifth-most by any player in his first 22 career appearances since at least 1901, trailing only 1995 Hideo...
Pitchers' secret ingredient to getting nasty movement? Let's explore
Paul Skenes, in the midst of one of the most impressive rookie pitching seasons in decades, releases his 99 mph four-seam fastball from 5.7 feet high, just a tick under the Major League average of 5.8 feet. Jeremiah Estrada, a breakout San Diego reliever who struck out 13 consecutive hitters...
Paul Skenes
Jeremiah Estrada
Kaleb Ort
Sean Manaea
Framber Valdez
Kenley Jansen
Zack Wheeler
What’s behind one of MLB’s biggest breakouts in 2024?
It started with a single.
A little jam shot, in fact -- just 77.9 mph off the bat. But for Lawrence Butler, it might as well have been a walk-off grand slam.
When the young A’s outfielder lined an inside fastball from D-backs starter Brandon Pfaadt back up the middle...
Lawrence Butler
