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Ohtani, Duran, Skenes and more punctuate start of 2nd half
Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (July 19-25).
Shotime: Shohei Ohtani crushed a 473-foot home run on Sunday Night Baseball that left everyone in awe. It was the second-longest home run at Dodger Stadium under Statcast (2015), behind only a 475-foot home...
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Remarkable facts to know about Cease's 1st career no-hitter
Both Dylan Cease and the Padres have known no-hit bid heartbreak in the past.
On Sept. 3, 2022, Cease (then with the White Sox) lost a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth inning when the Twins’ Luis Arraez (now his teammate in San Diego) knocked a single. The Padres,...
Dylan Cease
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This under-the-radar slugger could be the best available hitter at the Deadline
With the Trade Deadline less than two weeks away, one of MLB’s hottest hitters is about to be thrust into the spotlight.
Playing for a rebuilding Athletics club, designated hitter Brent Rooker’s outstanding season might be flying under the radar. However, the 29-year-old should be a popular name on the...
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MLB's leader in errors is still a top defender. Here's how
Elly De La Cruz leads the Major Leagues in errors. At the same time, the Reds shortstop is also putting together a season that should have him in the conversation for National League Most Valuable Player in a few months, based in some part on his improving defense, which helped...
Elly De La Cruz
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Is a breakthrough coming for these struggling 2023 All-Stars?
It’s tough to maintain All-Star-caliber production from year to year. As a matter of fact, for pitchers specifically, it’s truly as hard as it’s ever been. Only two pitchers were All-Stars in both 2023 and '24: Corbin Burnes and Emmanuel Clase. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that total is...
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These are the top pitches of the first half of the season
Every pitch matters.
That might be a simplistic analysis but it's the basic premise of Statcast's Run Value system, which helped determine some of the top pitches of the first half of the 2024 season. Run values look at the run impact of an event based on the runners on...
Cade Smith
Emmanuel Clase
Chris Sale
Paul Skenes
Cristopher Sanchez
Fernando Cruz
Aaron Nola
Colin Rea
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Can these 8 players keep it up after big first halves?
The first half of the 2024 MLB season featured countless great stories. There’s the reliever-turned-starter who joined a new club and has been better than ever. There’s the formerly defense-first center fielder who went from one of the Majors’ worst hitters to a legitimate threat at the plate. There’s the...
Reynaldo Lopez
Steven Kwan
Seth Lugo
Brenton Doyle
Ronel Blanco
Josh Smith
Tanner Houck
Jurickson Profar
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Ranking Derby favorites by bat speed metrics
Trying to decide who has the edge in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby? Here's a new way to look at the field: with Statcast's new bat speed leaderboard.
Bat tracking is all new for the 2024 season, and we can use it to see which of the eight sluggers in...
Gunnar Henderson
Pete Alonso
Bobby Witt Jr.
José Ramírez
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Watch the All-Stars in a new way -- in Gameday 3D
The All-Star Game is all about showcasing what baseball's best players can do when they're all on the field together. And for the 2024 Midsummer Classic on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET, FOX), if you want to see those highlights from a unique perspective, try following the game with Gameday 3D....
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Rice, Rece, Schwarber and more highlight wild week of dinger data
Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (July 5-11).
Grand salami: Between June 22 and Friday, the Brewers hit six grand slams in a 13-game span. The slams came from Brice Turang (twice), Rhys Hoskins (twice), Jake Bauers and Jackson Chourio. They became...