Trent Grisham is a free agent, and Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner recently gushed about his organization's young players. You can read between the lines here: Plenty of opportunity awaits Spencer Jones in 2027. The hope is that the 25-year-old will build off an encouraging rookie season. A three-week...

Shohei Ohtani just spent the better part of two months getting outslugged by Chandler Simpson, which -- no offense to Simpson -- should never happen. But when your knee hurts and your arm hurts, well, it might just mess with your swing, even if it's a four-time MVP-caliber swing. And...

There's no debate about the top pitcher (and overall player) in the current free-agent crop. That's Tarik Skubal, and it's not particularly close. But it's a different story in this year's market for hitters. While the four previous free-agent classes were headlined by Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto and...

Gold Glove Award season has arrived, with the 2026 winners set to be announced on ESPN on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. ET. So it's a good time to update a study we did a little more than two years ago, back in the summer of 2024, breaking down how it...

The 2026 postseason was full of memorable plays -- dominant aces doing their thing, superstar hitters launching clutch home runs, even one of the very best mano-a-mano showdowns we've ever seen. We're here to bring you all the cool numbers behind those moments, thanks to Statcast powered by Google Cloud....

Free agent Brandon Lowe was a finalist for an NL Gold Glove Award at second base for his work with the Pirates in 2026, along with winner Brice Turang and JJ Wetherholt, two of the more elite defenders in baseball. It almost doesn't matter that he didn't win. Simply to...

The Brewers have their first title in franchise history, and it comes with no strings attached. The Brew Crew was the best team in baseball this year, then had one of the most dominant playoff runs in recent memory – crushing the two-time defending champion Dodgers along the way –...

Fastball Freddy is bringing the heat in October. Freddy Peralta’s four-seam fastball -- which he is throwing 67.1% of the time this postseason -- is averaging 96.9 mph through four playoff appearances....

Chandler Simpson, Rays speedster and occasional No. 3 hitter, has never hit a homer in the Major Leagues. Just look at his MLB.com player card to prove it: “HR: 0,” in 985 regular season plate appearances, and none in the postseason, either, as befits one of the lightest-hitting players in...

The Brewers are a sometimes confounding offense to describe, getting stuck with the “small ball” label because they are more than willing to go to the opposite field, run and bunt well and don’t hit very many homers. But, when they crushed the two-time defending champion Dodgers in the NLCS,...