How the Orioles turned their franchise around
From 2012-’16, for five years, no American League team won more games than the Orioles. The next five years were considerably worse -- from 2017-’21, no Major League team lost more games than the Orioles.
If that was a stunning turnaround in itself, it might pale in comparison to what’s...
The total transformation of a Cy Young favorite
On Tuesday night in Chicago, two of the AL’s top Cy Young contenders will go head-to-head in MLB.TV’s Free Game of the Day. You’ll be amazed by the reinvention story of a flame-throwing righty who has been all but unhittable this year, thanks to an ERA under 2.00. You’ll marvel...
Dylan Cease
10 longest homers measured since 2015
Few people on the planet can describe the feeling of hitting a ball so far that even the camera operators have trouble tracking its flight. On June 21, 2019, Nomar Mazara joined that exclusive club -- and raised the bar for peak homer distance.
Mazara, who was already no stranger...
Longest home runs for every MLB team
Ever since Babe Ruth launched Major League Baseball into the Live Ball Era with his awe-inspiring home runs, wowed fans have been asking: "How far did that ball go?"
Statcast has given us a whole new tool to answer that question, thanks to the tracking technology at every MLB ballpark....
How 4 playoff contenders fixed their infield defense
For as much emphasis as we put on strikeouts in today’s game -- and for good reason, because the seven best strikeout rate pitching staffs would all be playoff teams right now -- the truth is that approximately two-thirds of all plate appearances end with a ball in play. More...
Here is how Nola is pitching like an ace again
Perhaps the most important factor keeping the Phillies in the thick of the National League Wild Card race amid a roller-coaster season has been Aaron Nola’s return to form.
Despite a lack of consistency over his first seven Major League seasons, Nola offered reasons to believe he could bounce back...
Aaron Nola
Rutschman already looking like an all-around star
A great catcher is hard to find. Adley Rutschman is really starting to play like one.
Can the Orioles rookie go from No. 1 Draft pick to No. 1 prospect to the No. 1 Major League catcher? Absolutely. And judging from what he's doing right now, you might not have...
Adley Rutschman
The bullpen version of deGrom is making K history
Imagine having Jacob deGrom in your rotation and in your bullpen. That's basically what the Mets have right now with Edwin Díaz.
Díaz not only has 23 saves and a 1.51 ERA for the first-place Mets, he has 84 strikeouts in 41 2/3 innings. That's an 18.1 K/9. If the...
Edwin Diaz
Every team's hardest-hit home run
Baseball has always been a simple game. You throw the ball hard. You hit the ball hard. And sometimes, the ball is hit with such force that you can’t help but ask yourself, “Just how hard was that thing hit?!”
Thanks to Statcast, we now know the exit velocity of...
Pros and cons for 6 top trade candidates
Tick tock. The clock is winding down toward Tuesday's 6 p.m. ET Trade Deadline, and decision time is nigh.
Teams can spend weeks or longer doing their due diligence on a potential target before the Deadline, but the decision of whether to actually go through with a trade or not...
