Greene on the rise in ’26 – but maybe not how you’d think
Riley Greene emerged as a big power bat for the Tigers in 2025, bashing 36 homers and driving in 111 runs en route to an American League All-Star selection and an AL Silver Slugger Award.
Two things seemed paramount for Greene to be even better in 2026: similar or improved...
Riley Greene
Scott's revamped pitch mix key to electric start to '26
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Christian Scott
This slugger has not just the fastest swing in baseball, but the flattest
So often, the most memorable part of a Junior Caminero home run is what comes after the swing: the bat flip, the celebration, the slow trot around the bases.
But the swing -- the swing itself is just as unique. The Rays star has the most extreme swing in the...
Junior Caminero
One big step (backward?) that led to Okamoto's red-hot run
The Blue Jays, coming off a sweep in Tampa Bay, their long-time house of horrors, may be having trouble getting going. But there is one pretty large silver lining, and it's their biggest offseason acquisition, third baseman Kazuma Okamoto.
Okamoto's first three weeks in the Majors were mostly what you’d...
Kazuma Okamoto
He has an elite hard-hit rate but 0 homers. What's going on here?
Fernando Tatis Jr. is absolutely mashing the ball, by one important measure.
He’s hitting the ball hard more often than Aaron Judge, or Shohei Ohtani, or Kyle Schwarber, or Yordan Alvarez, or almost anyone else you can think of. He's been making solid contact so often, in fact, that he’s...
Fernando Tatis Jr.
With Skubal out, who will take charge in AL Cy Young race?
Over the past two seasons, the American League Cy Young Award race hasn’t been much of a competition. But that’s about to change....
Cam Schlittler
José Soriano
Dylan Cease
Max Fried
Jacob deGrom
No hitter should be this good at everything -- but the metrics prove he is
Yordan Alvarez is one of baseball's most fearsome sluggers -- that's obvious. But the Astros star is more than that. Alvarez is the total package in the batter's box. There's literally nothing he's not good at.
This is a guy who has a chance to win the first hitting Triple...
Yordan Alvarez
Evaluating 10 struggling stars: patience or panic?
Every spring, a group of stars find themselves in unfamiliar territory, with a stat line that doesn't match their reputations....
Fernando Tatis Jr.
Ketel Marte
Cal Raleigh
Jesús Luzardo
Cole Ragans
Rafael Devers
Jackson Merrill
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Luis Castillo
Pete Crow-Armstrong
In a Dodgers lineup littered with superstars and MVPs, he's the steady presence
Nearly a decade ago, Max Muncy was – along with Justin Turner and Chris Taylor – one of the faces of the other side of how the Dodgers continually contend for a championship, year after year. It’s not just the willingness to play at the top of the salary scale,...
Max Muncy
Think you know who's been good at using ABS? It's not so simple
A month into the first season with the ABS system in place, the biggest takeaway is, “The baseball world didn’t end.” Challenges have been infrequent, as expected (coming on approximately 1% of pitches), and memorable moments have been created. If there’s anything that’s happened which we didn’t quite see coming,...
