When Sonny Gray puts his hand down flat, his index finger doesn’t make it to the table. His 9,282 breaking balls — more than anybody not named Clayton Kershaw, Gerrit Cole, Justin Verlander or Yu ...

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 ...

The Athletic has live coverage of the MLB Wild Card Round. Months before he broke his hand and paused the breakthrough season of his career, Anthony Banda hit rock bottom. Baseball had made a habit of ...

Mason Miller is the nastiest reliever in the game today, and by extension, perhaps the nastiest who ever lived. We won’t say “pitcher,” because Jacob Misiorowski exists, but also this is maybe what it ...

We brought you the American League starting pitcher breakout candidates last time. So, we're following the previous article with five National League starting pitcher breakout candidates for 2026 ...

The Yankees are playing like a team with renewed belief over the last handful of days. The offense in particular looks revitalized, scoring at least seven runs in four straight contests entering play ...

Loáisiga was the Yankees’ undisputed bullpen ace in 2021, pitching to a 2.17 ERA (197 ERA+), 2.58 FIP, and 69:16 strikeout to walk ratio in 57 appearances totaling 70.2 innings, finishing tied for the ...

If there’s one position to find an edge in fantasy baseball, it’s starting pitchers. Sometimes, we can dig deep into a starting pitcher’s profile and find interesting data points to create a list of ...