Guess which Phillies outfielder is up there with Cobb & Hornsby?
Brandon Marsh is a fine baseball player. A second-round Draft pick out of high school by the Angels in 2016, Marsh has spent most of the last five seasons roaming the outfield for a Phillies team that has been one of the most successful in the game over that time....
Brandon Marsh
How Jonah Tong has shuffled the deck in big league return
Jonah Tong is back in the Majors. At least for now, he's sticking around.
"We're going to need him," Mets skipper Carlos Mendoza said of Tong following Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Reds. "We'll continue to get creative."
Tong -- the organization's No. 2 prospect and No. 36 overall, per...
Jonah Tong
Another way Judge excels at the plate? ABS challenges
Aaron Judge was widely expected to be one of the primary beneficiaries of the new ABS system, and we know that because it was all anyone could talk about at Yankees camp this spring. Due to his 6-foot-7 frame, umpires had long struggled to identify the bottom of Judge’s zone,...
Aaron Judge
How many breaking balls?! The way teams are pitching Cubs is historic
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All stats updated through Tuesday's games....
How Andy Pages went from World Series benching to playing like a star
Andy Pages has been one of the best players in baseball this season.
Entering Wednesday, Pages had a .299/.348/.534 slash line with 12 home runs in 55 games. His 2.7 WAR (per FanGraphs) was tied with Corbin Carroll for the second most among all position players.
If you watched him...
Andy Pages
Pair of castoffs has become baseball's best middle infield
Baseball’s top middle-infield duo this season probably isn’t one that would have come to mind at the start of 2026.
It’s not the D-backs’ Ketel Marte and Geraldo Perdomo. Or the Cubs’ Nico Hoerner and Dansby Swanson. Or the Mets’ Francisco Lindor and Marcus Semien.
Nor is it the Reds’...
Xavier Edwards
Otto Lopez
Miz raises bar for 100+ mph pitches: 'That's what I do. I throw hard'
MILWAUKEE -- Jacob Misiorowski’s vow to join the 105 mph club will have to wait for another outing.
On Monday against the Cardinals, 103 mph was more than enough to continue rewriting the record books for power pitching.
The big right-hander hit 103 mph or more an unprecedented eight times...
Jacob Misiorowski
Higher velocity but fewer fastballs part of pitching evolution
Earlier this week, Padres pitching coach Ruben Niebla referred to Mason Miller as the best pitcher in baseball. That may incite debate, but Miller certainly belongs in the conversation -- his early-season dominance (including a 0.79 ERA and a 51.7% strikeout rate) already has us wondering about his potential Cy...
Wheeler keeps evolving, and it's all in the angles
A good Major League starting pitcher has to figure out how to neutralize the platoon advantage. Zack Wheeler is a great starting pitcher. And over the years, he has gotten very, very effective at getting left-handed hitters out.
That is a big part of Wheeler's evolution over the course of...
Zack Wheeler
An unprecedented FIFTH 50-homer season? Judge has it in reach
All stats through Monday's games....
Aaron Judge
