Opening day 2023, first inning, two outs and a man on. Teoscar Hernández strolls up for his first at-bat for the Seattle Mariners. Shane Bieber is on the mound for Cleveland. Hernández, the new ...

The Toronto Blue Jays (21-27) have had a difficult season so far, with several injuries impacting the team's roster construction, but one player has been largely as advertised: Dylan Cease, who was ...

Statistically speaking, a Miami Marlins reliever boasts baseball's most effective pitch this season.

Welcome to Sliders, a weekly in-season MLB column that focuses on both the timely and timeless elements of the game. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Billy Wagner broke his right arm twice when he was 5 years old.

Seattle Mariners reliever Matt Brash has been one of the best bullpen arms in the game since returning from injury at the beginning of May. Brash missed all of 2024 while recovering from Tommy John ...

Welcome to Sliders, a weekly in-season MLB column that focuses on both the timely and timeless elements of baseball. Sportswriters often honor a player with a “Good Guy” award for cooperation with the ...

Texas baseball ace Jared Spencer spent most of his life trying to slow down his slider, deploying it as an off-speed complement to a fastball that Spencer can dial up to 97 miles per hour. Max Weiner, ...

The Cincinnati Reds are seeing a significant development in Graham Ashcraft, whose recent rise now places him alongside some of the game’s most electric arms. With a sharp increase in slider velocity, ...