[ad_1] Chris Sale is making a serious case for the Cy Young Award. After a five-year stretch marred by injuries and ineffectiveness, Sale has bounced back in a big way this season. In his 11 starts and 67 2/3 innings, Sale has racked up an impressive 82 strikeouts while only issuing 10 walks. He leads…
[ad_1] Baseball Journalism The Fastball Debate in Baseball Every season has its share of articles detailing the league-wide decline in fastball usage, and 2024 is no exception. This time around, the spotlight has been on the Red Sox, who have seemingly crafted an elite rotation based on a delightfully succinct philosophy: Spin go brrrr. Indeed,…
[ad_1] (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) This week, it was revealed that San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano would be permanently banned from MLB because of his involvement in gambling activities. He reportedly bet on baseball, which has historically been a death sentence for a player’s reputation and career. Not only that, but he bet…
[ad_1] On Tuesday morning, Major League Baseball announced the suspension of five players for violating Rule 21, the prohibition on betting on baseball. Minor leaguers Jay Groome of the Padres, José Rodríguez of the Phillies, Michael Kelly of the Athletics, and Andrew Saalfrank of the Diamondbacks were all suspended for one season. But the headline…
[ad_1] Brooklyn-based Jay Jaffe is a senior writer for FanGraphs, the author of The Cooperstown Casebook (Thomas Dunne Books, 2017) and the creator of the JAWS (Jaffe WAR Score) metric for Hall of Fame analysis. He founded the Futility Infielder website (2001), was a columnist for Baseball Prospectus (2005-2012) and a contributing writer for Sports…
[ad_1] On Saturday afternoon, I watched the Greenville Regional elimination game between East Carolina and Wake Forest, which featured two top pitching prospects in the draft class: Wake’s Chase Burns and ECU’s Trey Yesavage. The game was reminiscent of last year’s College World Series semifinal between Wake and LSU, which was one of the best…
[ad_1] (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) One of the most impressive aspects of some professional baseball players is their ability to memorize unique, elaborate handshakes with their entire roster, as even one secret handshake is difficult enough to master, let alone 25 or more simultaneously. After centuries of secret handshakes, it’s also not easy to…
[ad_1] During most baseball games, there are eight people calling the action. Both the home and away teams have radio and television broadcasts, and most of those crews consist of a play-by-play announcer and a color commentator. If those teams have a Spanish language broadcast, the number is even higher. More often than you might…
[ad_1] (Photo by Cody Glenn/Icon Sportswire) It’s not usual to see Stephen Curry on vacation at this time of the year, as he’s usually gearing up to play in the NBA Finals. However, the Golden State Warriors are no longer the team to beat in the league, and not even one of the greatest players…
[ad_1] Scott Taetsch-USA TODAY Sports It’s the double-R that makes it tricky. In the name Victor Robles, all of the emphasis is front-loaded. Victor is spondaic and Robles is trochaic, which means three stressed syllables in a row followed by that one last unstressed syllable: VIC-TOR RO-bles. It’s a shout followed by a whisper, which…
