Mason Miller is the nastiest reliever in the game today, and by extension, perhaps the nastiest who ever lived. We won’t say ...

-Guys are throwing fewer fastballs relative to their other pitches lately. That's something that has been written about a lot in relation to specific teams or specific pitchers. So why are we seeing ...

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 ...

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 ...

In recent years, the slider has become the most talked-about pitch in baseball. Pitchers are throwing it more and more, and hitters are struggling to keep up. Tom Verducci wrote about this phenomenon ...

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 ...

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 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.