Cam Schlittler throws a whole lot of fastballs, and the Red Sox wanted to be ready for the high-octane heat. They reportedly “wore out” the Trajekt machine last weekend at Tropicana Field, hoping to sync their bats with Schlittler’s elite velocity ahead of their showdown in Game 1 of the...

Someone had to be The Guy for the Yankees with Aaron Judge out for the start of the playoffs, and Ben Rice stepped up and did it.​...

Just over a year ago, after the Rays finished a disappointing 77-85 and out of the playoff picture, MLB.com’s Adam Berry shined a light on what seemed like a pretty obvious area of improvement headed into the offseason. It wasn’t just that the outfield didn’t add much on offense, though...

Two games, or even three, is not a large enough sample size to draw any conclusions. But we can glean a few insights from the past few days of postseason baseball -- stuff that actually matters and could even be a harbinger for things to come in the Division Series....

The Brewers increased their regular-season win total for the fourth consecutive year, a remarkable feat for a club that has also claimed four straight NL Central titles. They’ve done so with an offense that, at least on the surface, is strikingly similar to 2025....

The best pitch in baseball is Jacob Misiorowski’s four-seam fastball, an overpowering heater from the hardest-throwing starting pitcher of all time. You will see it early and often on Saturday afternoon, as Misiorowski takes the mound for the Brewers in Game 1 of the NLDS at American Family Field. Saturday's...

Mookie Betts endured the weakest offensive season of his career in 2025 (.732 OPS, a league-average-ish 104 OPS+), and, for most of 2026, it seemed like more of the same. Through the first 90 games, which took us more than halfway through August, given that he missed time earlier with...

When baseball's best team takes the field this postseason, you're going to see heat, and lots of it. Now, to some extent, you're going to see heat from every team, because the playoffs always bring out faster fastballs. The postseason velo bump is real. But it also brings out a...

Turn on the American League Division Series this weekend and spend a few innings watching the AL-best Rays, a 98-win machine, and you might notice something peculiar. In an era of baseball where it is exceedingly difficult -- and, seemingly, less of a priority -- to put the ball in...

We're about to kick off our first postseason under the new era of ABS challenges. So we want to give you a quick primer of what to expect. In October, every ball or strike challenge is going to be magnified, especially if they swing a playoff game or two or...