Baseball Quicker, More Offensive, Improved: How the New Rules Are Impacting MLB A pitch timer, limit on infield defensive shifts and bigger bases have increased pace of play and offense during the 2023 MLB season so far. 2 months ago Craig Haley
Baseball Searching for Loot: How Bryan Reynolds Is Carrying the Surprising Pirates Oneil Cruz might be the Pittsburgh Pirates’ most exciting player given his raw tools. Mitch Keller might be the future in the rotation and Andrew McCutchen is probably the most… 2 months ago andrés chávez
Baseball Surprising Starts to the 2023 MLB Season: Which Performances Will Stick and Which Won’t We're predicting five Major League Baseball surprises that will continue, five that won't be sustained and five slow starters who will turn things around. 2 months ago Craig Haley
Baseball Stardom or Bust: Will Jarred Kelenic’s Torrid Spring Lead to a Breakout 2023 Season? Can the Mariners' young outfielder take a big leap forward? That is the burning question. And the results haven’t been encouraging early on. 2 months ago andrés chávez
Baseball The Lowest ERA in a Season, Postseason and Career in MLB History Traditionally, long before advanced metrics threatened to lessen its importance, earned run average has been the No. 1 measure of pitching performance. 2 months ago Opta Analyst
Baseball The Most Saves in a Season and Career in MLB History Jerome Holtzman couldn’t have had any idea what he started when he invented the save. Although people were unofficially crediting relievers with saves prior to Holtzman publicizing it, he was… 2 months ago Donald Kolakowski
Baseball It’s Long Gone: The Players With the Most Home Runs of All Time From a game to a season to a postseason to a career, here's a breakdown of the MLB players who have hit the most home runs in history. 2 months ago Craig Haley
Baseball 2023 MLB Predictions: Opta Analyst’s Roster-Adjusted Raw Value Rankings How will it shake out in MLB this season? Let’s reveal which teams have the best rosters, according to our roster-adjusted raw value team rankings. 3 months ago Craig Haley, andrés chávez
Baseball Should MLB Teams Be Bunting the Ghost Runner to Third in Extra Innings More Often? Since the Manfred man rule was added, the leadoff batter has swung away 88.6% of the time in extra innings. But does that mean it has been the right move? 3 months ago Taylor Bechtold
Baseball Who Should Benefit the Most (and Least) From the Shift Ban? A ban on the defensive shift is among the many rule changes for 2023. Which players and teams should be happy? We dig into the data to find out. 3 months ago Taylor Bechtold