There are few sports more exciting than playoff baseball, but behind every pitch there is also a fascinating story of physics ...

Showcased by World Series Game 6 starters Kevin Gausman and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, split-finger fastballs have been used for 6.8 ...

In “Black Girls Rock!” news, 13-year-old pitcher Mo’ne Davis has led her team to the Little League World Series thanks to her 70 mph fastball! Davis will become the 18th girl to play in the LLWS in 68 ...

After a disappointing season in which he only made six starts for the Padres, upcoming free agent Nestor Cortes announced Thursday that he underwent surgery on his throwing arm. Cortes spent just one ...

We should never get used to Shohei Ohtani. Even as he's on the verge of a second World Series appearance and fourth MVP award, the Los Angeles Dodgers' superstar found a way to once again do something ...

At the big league level, the Boston Red Sox are already figuring out how to cope with the loss of third baseman Alex Bregman to free agency when he opts out of his contract after a single season.

Red Sox prospect Luis Perales’ fastball reached 100.7 in his second Arizona Fall League start for Salt Lake against Glendale on Tuesday. He pitched two hitless innings but allowed one run on a walk ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski held off the Los Angeles Dodgers with 102 mph heat. When he faded, so did the Milwaukee Brewers. The 6-foot-7 rookie right-hander came out of the bullpen to escape ...

Every team in baseball wanted Roki Sasaki last winter. But the way his first year in America went, it wasn’t always easy to see why. For most of the season, Sasaki failed to live up to the enormous ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Tarik Skubal was terrific. And he was long gone when the season ended for the Detroit Tigers. Skubal struck out 13 in six dominant innings in Game 5 of the AL Division Series at Seattle ...

The Tigers take the deciding game to the 15th inning, but fall to the Mariners. The season ends for the Tigers right where it did last season, Game 5 of the ALDS. Bottom 15th: Tommy Kahnle is the ...