The four-seam fastball is the most popular pitch in baseball. It has been every year since pitch tracking began in 2008. In 2026 it still accounts for nearly a third of every pitch thrown in the major ...

McLean’s Gold Glove ended a Mets drought that extended to 2014, when Juan Lagares won in center field. Ron Darling (1989) had been the last Mets pitcher to win it. The New York Mets did not hold back ...

Overview. The book is awesome for readers who have a broad interest in baseball history. The book includes information from more than 300 interviews and many books (60 books are listed in the ...

A starting pitcher has rewritten the record books for fastest throw in the pitch-tracking era, and the mark keeps climbing. The current record stands just shy of the all-time mark held by relievers ...

You spotted him a couple of weeks ago. Maybe it was a box score that looked wrong in a good way, or a podcast mention, or a start where the ERA was fine but the underlying numbers were better than ...

A new stat measuring how hitters are reacting to different pitches provides some insight into why Logan Webb has gotten off to a slow start this season. Cary Edmondson / Imagn Images A long, long time ...

Major League Baseball is a fastball league. Velocity is all the rage, and pitchers up and down a roster are throwing harder than ever. Fastball variations (four-seam, sinker, cutter) accounted for 55% ...

Philadelphia Phillies ace Cristopher Sanchez has been one of the most dominant starting pitchers in baseball during the 2026 MLB regular season. His home and road splits are a bit eyebrow-raising, as ...

PHOENIX — You want to see a 24-year-old kid throw the fastest pitch in baseball history at the All-Star Game, pumping in 105-mph heaters, maybe even hitting 106 mph? You want to see a gangly 6-foot-7 ...