These two balls looked like sure home runs ... but then they weren't
Ian Happ hit a notably loud home run on Opening Day in Chicago. Kind of. So did Yordan Alvarez in Houston. Also, kind of.
It doesn’t say that in the box score, because Happ went 1-for-5 (a single) with three strikeouts, as the Cubs fell to Washington 10-4, while Alvarez...
Ian Happ
Yordan Alvarez
The 10 biggest storylines for MLB's first game with ball-strike challenges
Opening Night is finally here, and that means the start of the ABS era is here, too.
When the Yankees and Giants open the 2026 regular season on Wednesday night at Oracle Park (8 p.m. ET, Netflix), MLB hitters, pitchers and catchers will be able to challenge ball and strike...
How Spring Training ABS results compare to Triple-A from '25
The first official full Spring Training with the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System, powered by T-Mobile is just about in the books, and we’re mere days away from it happening for the first time for real – presumably at some point early in Wednesday night’s Yankees-Giants 2026 lidlifter (8 ET...
The 2026 Spring Training stat lines that actually matter
There are always plenty of Spring Training stat lines that don't matter. There's probably no one worried that Tarik Skubal has an ERA close to 4.00 this spring, or that Shohei Ohtani is barely batting over .200.
But can we figure out the ones that do matter? Let's take a...
Drake Baldwin
Wyatt Langford
Chase DeLauter
Addison Barger
Samuel Basallo
Jac Caglianone
Matt McLain
Cristopher Sanchez
Cam Schlittler
Kodai Senga
Shane McClanahan
Mason Montgomery
Mick Abel
Cody Ponce
What's the trickiest -- and easiest -- outfield to play? Let's rate each ballpark
Perhaps the most beautiful thing about baseball, the thing that truly sets it apart from every other major team sport, is that every ballpark is different. Interesting. Unique.
Other than some standard minimums laid out in the rulebook, it’s fair game. You can have a 37-foot wall in left field...
Kevin Pillar
Pete Crow-Armstrong
You know about Skubal, but another AL Central lefty is a Cy candidate, too
Can you call it “a breakout” if the player in question already finished fourth in the AL Cy Young Award voting just two seasons ago? No, probably not.
Can you call it “a comeback” if every advanced metric said that the same pitcher, last season, was then even better –...
Cole Ragans
7 breakout batters who could make a leap at the plate this season
Buckle up: It’s nearly Opening Day, so it’s also “breakout player” season.
As always, your mileage may vary on what a ‘breakout’ even means. Casual fans may know little about these players, or think that their story has already been written, but the real deep-league fantasy sickos or team-focused prospect...
Francisco Alvarez
Bo Naylor
Daulton Varsho
Spencer Horwitz
Agustín Ramírez
Carter Jensen
Jeremiah Jackson
8 nasty pitches that illustrate Lagrange's dominance this spring
Carlos Lagrange has been a sight to behold this spring.
His numbers speak for themselves -- he’s recorded a 0.66 ERA with 13 strikeouts and only six hits allowed over 13 2/3 innings. What’s more important, though, is how the 6-foot-7 righty has looked on the mound: utterly dominant with...
Carlos Lagrange
Is there a great Trout season still inside the 3-time MVP? Here's how it could happen
The tale of Mike Trout's career can pretty clearly be broken up into two parts.
There’s the first part of his career, when Trout established himself as the best player in baseball by compiling one of the most impressive peaks of all time.
From 2012-19, Trout posted a .308/.422/.587 slash...
Mike Trout
The prospects with the most interesting Statcast data this spring
You're about to see the most exciting prospects in baseball take the field during Spring Breakout this week -- but a lot of those prospects have already been putting on a showcase this spring.
And with Statcast tracking now available for all 30 teams' Spring Training ballparks, it's easier than...
Samuel Basallo
Emmanuel Rodriguez
Chase DeLauter
Justin Gonzales
Kendall George
Jose Fernandez
William Bergolla
Carlos Lagrange
Didier Fuentes
Blade Tidwell
Dennis Colleran
Ryan Lambert
Bradgley Rodriguez
Leandro Lopez
