
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,...

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