Is Trout having another vintage season? The early results say yes
Is peak Mike Trout back? The early 2026 results appear to indicate so.
Through Thursday’s games, the Angels’ star is hitting .246/.416/.594 with seven home runs and is a top 10 player by FanGraphs’ version of WAR (1.0). While there were some preseason indications that Trout could have another prime...
Mike Trout
3 pitches are all this ace needs to win a Cy Young
One of the best starting pitchers in baseball right now -- maybe the best -- doesn't even throw a four-seam fastball.
But that's how nasty Cristopher Sánchez is. He doesn't need one.
That's rarer than you might realize. Nearly every Major League starter has a four-seamer. Only a small handful,...
Cristopher Sanchez
This catcher just had the best ABS game we've seen someone have
In the new world of ABS, one thing has been clear from the very start: Every challenge isn’t created equally. It can’t be. Leverage and situation are everything. Challenging the first pitch of the game, as Zach Neto did last week in Cincinnati, can’t possibly be as important as turning...
Edgar Quero
You play the manager with the Game Strategy Explorer
When your team's manager makes an on-field decision, what he’s essentially doing is calculating likely outcomes – probabilities, essentially. “Will this choice make my team more likely to win – or less” is the thought process, no matter whether we’re talking ordering a sacrifice bunt, sending out the intentional walk...
This phenom has a 2-pitch combo like no other
Mets rookie right-hander Nolan McLean, who carries a career 2.23 ERA into Dodger Stadium to face Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the two-time defending champs on Tuesday night, has earned a pretty clear reputation through 11 career starts. That reputation can be summed up quite succinctly: No one spins it like he...
Nolan McLean
Reeling Blue Jays look to red-hot Gausman (who else?) for stability
The Blue Jays have looked to Kevin Gausman as a source of stability for years, but this might be as vital as he’s ever been for Toronto.
The club’s rotation has been gutted, with Trey Yesavage, Shane Bieber, José Berríos and Cody Ponce all out. Key bats like Alejandro Kirk,...
Kevin Gausman
Renaissance season sets up marquee Cy vs. Cy showdown today
Now this is what you call a showdown.
Two-time defending AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal will climb the mound opposite 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara this afternoon at Comerica Park as the Tigers host the Marlins at 1:40 p.m. ET. Hits will almost certainly be...
Sandy Alcantara
Tarik Skubal
This flame-throwing AL West starter has dominated in 2026
"It's some of the best stuff you'll see in this league. You hate giving credit to opposing pitchers, but sometimes you have to. That was big-time stuff right there."
Those were the words from Braves manager Walt Weiss after the Angels’ José Soriano dominated Atlanta’s lineup on April 6, when...
José Soriano
10 players opening eyes early this season
The 2026 season is still only a few weeks old, but plenty of players have stood out in the early going.
In many cases, high-level performances are expected -- nobody is surprised that players like Shohei Ohtani, Yordan Alvarez, Corbin Carroll, Cristopher Sánchez and Bryan Woo have excelled to begin...
Ben Rice
José Soriano
Cam Schlittler
Jack Leiter
Chase Burns
Dillon Dingler
Cam Smith
Sal Stewart
Wilyer Abreu
Liam Hicks
Wait, aren't sliders supposed to break the other way?
What do you think you know about sliders?
Let Tatsuya Imai throw that out the window.
The Astros' new starter -- who's back on the mound for Friday night's series opener against the Mariners \-\- broke the Baseball Internet last weekend with his "wrong-way slider." And -- well, you'll just...
Tatsuya Imai
