The Highgate Rock made history as they rolled to their first South Middlesex Men’s Fastball League championship. Down 2-1 in the best-of-five final against the St. Thomas Storm, the Rock staved off ...

Alex Vesia didn’t know he possessed a superpower. A late-round draft pick with a few cups of coffee in the big leagues, Vesia had neither great numbers nor notable prospect status. He was Clark Kent ...

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates rookie right-handed pitcher Bubba Chandler excelled in his most recent outing vs. the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on Sept. 13, by going back to what made him ...

While fastball usage across the major leagues and all of professional baseball continues to decline, the value of a great fastball may be higher than ever. The ability to consistently generate whiffs ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Guardians placed DH David Fry on the 10-day injured list today and have recalled OF Jonathan Rodriguez from Triple-A Columbus. Fry, according to the Guardians, sustained multiple ...

There’s no way that an 88 mph fastball could produce the results that Fennell’s produced as a weekend starter for Vanderbilt baseball in 2025. At least, that’s what some people might think. The ...

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Cleveland Guardians DH David Fry was attempting to bunt in the sixth inning when he was hit by Tarik Skubal's pitch Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Tigers star pitcher Tarik Skubal was so haunted about hitting Guardians designated hitter David Fry in the face with a 99 mph fastball Sept. 23 that he visited Fry in the hospital just hours after the ...

It took some time for Bryan Woo to discover his superpower. Today, Woo’s outlier skill — a four-seam fastball that consistently flummoxes hitters — is on full display every time the right-hander takes ...

Cleveland Guardians designated hitter David Fry has multiple facial fractures but won't need surgery after fouling a fastball from Detroit hurler Tarik Skubal off his face on Tuesday night. The ...

The Boston Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman has become one of the most surprising stories of the 2025 season. The 36-year-old reliever, once written off as past his prime, has put together one of his ...