Left-handers are crushing the ball in 2026 -- and MLB's new automated ball-strike challenge system might be part of the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — For Chase DeLauter it is a matter of balance. If he didn’t swing the bat the way he does, he’d most likely fall on his face. Instead, he has stayed upright and become a candidate for ...

There are infinite ways to get your bat to the baseball. For the hundreds of Major League hitters, there are hundreds of ...

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The split-fingered fastball is the "it" pitch right now, but it is still rarely thrown by left-handed pitchers. Why is that? Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic; iStock During the final ...

When baseball fans watch a batter strike out with runners in scoring position, the reaction is often immediate: Shorten the swing. Put the ball in play. Stop swinging for the fences, they lament. But ...

CLEVELAND — It must be the swing. The sweet, left-handed swing. The swing that made scouts drool when he led the nation in home runs at Vanderbilt. That made the Miami Marlins bet the No. 4 overall ...

Philadelphia Phillies ace Cristopher Sanchez continues to do things that few pitchers in MLB history have ever accomplished. Already regarded as one of the best starters in the game since the ...