Recently, I was having a conversation with a coach from a successful collegiate program when a profound concept—an explanation really—hit me. Like most realizations, it was the brutal simplicity of it ...

View post: Air Jordan 4 ‘Black Cat’ - Where to Buy Now Major League Baseball is changing. The ground is moving beneath the feet of owners, players, writers and fans. In some ways, these changes are ...

Standing at his locker in Atlanta last month following the worst start of his season, Justin Verlander shook his head as he hinted at making adjustments. He explained that the performance of certain ...

Welcome to Mixing It Up, a weekly column where I look at starting pitchers who are making noteworthy changes to their pitch mix or pitch shape/velocity. In this column, I’ll break down three to five ...

There are a few trends that have become something like the natural laws of modern baseball: Unencumbered, strikeouts go up, game times get longer, and fastball usage goes down. MLB has stepped in on ...

Travis Sawchik is a FiveThirtyEight staff writer. His new book “The MVP Machine: How Baseball’s New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players,” co-authored with The Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh, ...

HOUSTON – Pitchers and coaches from both the Dodgers and Astros complained Saturday night about the World Series baseballs—and this time the controversy is not just about liveliness. They say there is ...

As Fantasy analysts, we've gotten pretty good at figuring out the "what" of a player's performance. We can tell you, for example, that Francisco Lindor is hitting more balls in the air this season, ...

Jacob deGrom throws one of the nastiest four-seam fastballs in baseball. It gets on hitters quick, sits between 95 and 96 mph this season and sometimes touches 97 or 98. It travels downhill from his ...