Renaissance season sets up marquee Cy vs. Cy showdown today
Now this is what you call a showdown.
Two-time defending AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal will climb the mound opposite 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara this afternoon at Comerica Park as the Tigers host the Marlins at 1:40 p.m. ET. Hits will almost certainly be...
Sandy Alcantara
Tarik Skubal
This flame-throwing AL West starter has dominated in 2026
"It's some of the best stuff you'll see in this league. You hate giving credit to opposing pitchers, but sometimes you have to. That was big-time stuff right there."
Those were the words from Braves manager Walt Weiss after the Angels’ José Soriano dominated Atlanta’s lineup on April 6, when...
José Soriano
10 players opening eyes early this season
The 2026 season is still only a few weeks old, but plenty of players have stood out in the early going.
In many cases, high-level performances are expected -- nobody is surprised that players like Shohei Ohtani, Yordan Alvarez, Corbin Carroll, Cristopher Sánchez and Bryan Woo have excelled to begin...
Ben Rice
José Soriano
Cam Schlittler
Jack Leiter
Chase Burns
Dillon Dingler
Cam Smith
Sal Stewart
Wilyer Abreu
Liam Hicks
Wait, aren't sliders supposed to break the other way?
What do you think you know about sliders?
Let Tatsuya Imai throw that out the window.
The Astros' new starter -- who's back on the mound for Friday night's series opener against the Mariners \-\- broke the Baseball Internet last weekend with his "wrong-way slider." And -- well, you'll just...
Tatsuya Imai
The rookie sensation with one of MLB's most unusual swings
Chase DeLauter's swing has a certain je ne sais quoi.
You might think it looks beautiful. You might think it looks choppy.
You might think it looks like Chase Utley's because of its short, slashing movement. Or you might think the only resemblance between DeLauter and Utley is that they're...
Chase DeLauter
6 pitchers who are throwing harder in 2026
Here's a fun stat on velocity, which MLB's Daren Willman first pointed out last week on X.
Entering play on Tuesday, the average four-seam fastball velocity so far in 2026 was 94.6 mph. Compare that to the beginning of the pitch-tracking era, in 2008, when the average heater clocked in...
Kodai Senga
Shota Imanaga
Tyler Phillips
Janson Junk
Antonio Senzatela
Randy Vásquez
These Mason Miller numbers don't look real -- but they are
Mason Miller is now eight innings away from tying the record for the longest scoreless streak in Padres history.
And based on how feeble opposing hitters have looked against the flamethrowing right-hander during his streak, it doesn't seem like it's going to end anytime soon....
Mason Miller
The 3 young flamethrowers turning up the heat in NL Central
Baseball's three hardest-throwing starters all reside in the National League Central, and amazingly, none of them is named Paul Skenes....
Jacob Misiorowski
Bubba Chandler
Chase Burns
This insane strikeout will leave you staring in disbelief -- just like the hitter
In the end, Heliot Ramos was just like the rest of us -- staring in disbelief at Nolan McLean's insane stuff.
The Mets right-hander was unhittable for much of Friday’s start against the Giants at Oracle Park, taking a perfect game into the sixth inning, but his final strikeout of...
Nolan McLean
10 nasty new pitches worth watching this year
Spring Training is always a testing ground for new pitches. It seems like every pitcher is trying something new with their arsenal.
The regular season is another story. New pitch experiments from the spring evaporate as quickly as they came -- see Garrett Crochet and his new splitter, for example,...
Logan Gilbert
Dylan Cease
Cam Schlittler
Cristopher Sanchez
Jack Leiter
Jhoan Duran
Joe Boyle
Paul Skenes
Roki Sasaki
Jacob deGrom
