Remember Opening Week, when there was a mild freakout because Luis Arraez started the season 0-for-13 over his first two-plus games? Something must be wrong if a two-time defending batting champion goes hitless for that long, right? Settle down, social media. Since those first 13 hitless at-bats, Arraez is batting

There’s always something fascinating going on in the world of baseball -- and there’s always something new. Every Friday morning throughout the season, heading into the weekend, inspired by Zach Lowe’s terrific “10 Things I Like” NBA column for ESPN, we present the Five Fascinations, five fun things going on

In the later part of the 2023 collegiate baseball season, the Pirates sent Dewey Robinson to Baton Rouge, La., on a scouting trip. A special advisor on pitching development, Robinson has more than 40 years of coaching experience under his belt and is one of the highest ranking members of

Pirates right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes, the No. 1 pitching prospect in baseball, will make his Major League debut Saturday, and you can watch his start -- and nearly everything else on the diamond this weekend -- for free!

NEW YORK -- Nobody could accuse the Astros of getting behind the eight-ball early against the Yankees. For the third consecutive game, Houston homered in the top of the first inning against New York, this time with a pair of Statcast-shattering and awe-inspiring blasts. But unlike the previous two evenings,

NEW YORK -- The Yankees just got their first true Judgian blast of the season. Aaron Judge crushed a 115.7 mph, 473-foot home run to deep, deep, deep center field at Yankee Stadium in Thursday's series finale against the Astros -- tied with Mike Trout for the longest homer of

Paul Skenes could be Stephen Strasburg. Stephen Strasburg could be Paul Skenes. Send Skenes back in time or bring Strasburg forward, and one easily could stand in for the other. Both overmatched college hitters, leading NCAA Division I in strikeouts while posting the highest K rates in D-I history for

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Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (May 3-9). Keeping up with Jared Jones: After his latest start Saturday, Jared Jones now has 122 swings and misses this season. That’s the most by a pitcher in his first seven career starts in the

MILWAUKEE -- William Contreras is hurting that the Cardinals came to town without his brother, who is back in St. Louis recovering from surgery for the sort of injury every catcher fears as they creep closer and closer to home plate in search of called strikes. “It’s hard for me,

ANAHEIM -- Dairon Blanco, the Royals’ weapon off the bench as an elite pinch-runner and reliable defensive replacement, hasn’t gotten many starts this season. Although he’s appeared in 25 of the Royals’ 39 games this year, Thursday night was just his seventh time in the starting lineup. He sure made

The top prospect in the 2024 Draft has solidified his status as the premier power in college baseball's bat-ball coefficient of restitution era. Georgia slugger Charlie Condon launched his 34th home run of the season in Thursday's 14-10 win over South Carolina, which marked the highest single-season total since the

CINCINNATI -- The D-backs completed a three-game sweep of the Reds with a 5-4 win Thursday afternoon at Great American Ball Park and have now won four straight games as they head to Baltimore for a matchup with the Orioles. Here are some things to know from the game: The

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Seattle’s pitching staff is elite -- there’s little question of that. It’s just that there’s really not much getting in the way of the red-hot Twins and their most productive hitters right now. Let’s talk streaks, even though Minnesota’s 12-game winning streak ended last week. Max Kepler is

ANAHEIM -- Six days after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, Angels superstar Mike Trout was in good spirits on Thursday, and said he’s been feeling better each day. Trout, who still doesn’t know how or when he sustained the injury on April 29, underwent

CHICAGO -- It seems only fitting on WWE Night at Guaranteed Rate Field that a tag-team effort on the mound propelled the White Sox to a 3-2 victory over American League Central-leading Cleveland in the opener of a four-game set. Erick Fedde threw six scoreless innings as the starter, and

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MILWAUKEE -- Triple-A Nashville manager Rick Sweet tried to slow roll the news, but one of the Brewers’ top pitching prospects was savvy enough to know he was headed to the big leagues. Left-handed starter Robert Gasser, Milwaukee’s No. 5 prospect, joined the Brewers on Thursday and is lined up

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In a professional career that spanned 15 years, Jeremy Guthrie was a baseball globetrotter, something that the former pitcher has continued in retirement. But even before becoming a prospect in the Cleveland organization and going on to pitch 13 years in Major League Baseball, as well as stints in the

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