The Rockies' pitching staff is adapting right in front of us
These are not your older sibling’s Colorado Rockies. Heck, these are not your Rockies, either.
Colorado carries a 13-16 record into Tuesday’s series opener against the Reds, on the heels of a surgical three-game sweep of the Mets. Last year, the Rockies did not win their 13th game until mid...
How Chase Burns has dominated in 2026 -- and why it's so important for Reds
With Reds’ ace Hunter Greene on the injured list, 23-year-old Chase Burns has admirably stepped up in his place.
Through his first five starts of the season, Burns has a 2.57 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 28 innings. The talented second-year righty has flashed the high-octane stuff and results that...
Chase Burns
Is Murakami's hot start for real? These are the numbers to watch
Entering his first year in the Majors, the scouting report on Munetaka Murakami was loud and clear: He’s going to strike out just so, so much, but he’s going to absolutely splatter baseballs when he manages to make contact. The hope? That he does enough of the latter to outweigh...
Munetaka Murakami
The two-man show powering one of baseball’s hottest teams
The Cincinnati Reds are thriving with one of the most imbalanced lineups in baseball.
Although they lost to the Rays on Wednesday, snapping their five-game winning streak, the Reds entered Thursday's off-day at 16-9. They're tied with the Cubs, who are hot themselves with nine straight wins, atop the surprisingly...
Sal Stewart
Elly De La Cruz
Ohtani (0.38 ERA) vs. Soriano (0.24 ERA): Tale of the tape
The MLB ERA leaderboard right now is a thing of beauty.
At No. 1 we've got José Soriano, the breakout Angels righty who has a historically low 0.24 ERA through six starts.
But right behind him at No. 2? None other than Shohei Ohtani, who has a 0.38 ERA and...
Shohei Ohtani
José Soriano
How nasty is Yankees phenom's 3-fastball arsenal? Let him break it down for you
No one throws more fastballs than Cam Schlittler.
Through five starts, the Yankees right-hander is throwing fastballs 89.5% of the time, easily the highest rate among starting pitchers....
Cam Schlittler
Leody Taveras has been the O's MVP so far. Here's how
Coming into the season, one might have guessed that Gunnar Henderson would be the Orioles' best player. Perhaps, that could have also been Pete Alonso or Adley Rutschman among position players. Maybe it was Trevor Rogers or Kyle Bradish among the pitchers.
Leody Taveras likely wouldn't have been anyone's top...
Leody Taveras
Could peak Ohtani have an even higher gear than we've seen?
From 2021-23, Shohei Ohtani was at his peak as a pitcher. Over those three years, he threw nearly 80% of his total career innings to date, with a 2.84 ERA that was bested by only five regular starters – three of whom (Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, and Justin Verlander) are...
Shohei Ohtani
The unexpected slugger carrying the Tigers' offense
Reigning two-time American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal is dealing. Top prospect Kevin McGonigle has lived up to the hype. And free-agent acquisition Framber Valdez has been everything Detroit expected.
However, no Tigers player has made a larger impact this season than catcher Dillon Dingler....
Dillon Dingler
3 key takeaways from Murakami's power surge start to MLB career
He broke Sadaharu Oh's home run record in Japan. Now he's on pace for even more in the Majors.
Munetaka Murakami just keeps bashing home runs. After three more over the weekend, Murakami is already up to eight homers in his first MLB season -- tied for third-most in the...
Munetaka Murakami
