The research tells us that command is a little more finicky year to year, but stuff stays sticky. So we often chase the young pitchers that have the nastiest pitches — that makes sense. But to be a ...

Pitchers’ use of sticky stuff — even the performance-enhancing superglue — and the forthcoming crackdown isn’t really a cheating scandal, it’s a belated reckoning that has more to do with aesthetics ...

"Nothing arbitrary about the enforcement," Manfred insisted following an owners meeting on Thursday, per Ronald Blum of the Associated Press. "The umpires all receive uniform training on what the use ...

As hard as a reliever’s life is, it’s fairly straightforward. Throw your best stuff as hard as you can a couple dozen times at most, take a seat. There are some teams playing with that number of ...

This week, our MLB team is highlighting their most surprising teams, breaking down sticky stuff suspensions and making the White Sox the worst team of all time. Well, we believe in exit velocity, bat ...

NEW YORK — At the end of a week that included A’s fans in Oakland pleading for new owners who won’t look to relocate as well as a significant step forward for the current owner’s efforts to move to ...

MLB Rumors: The New York Mets are more willing to trade Justin Verlander as the deadline approaches. However, a report on ‘sticky stuff’ from The Athletic could bring everything to a halt. Justin ...

This is the most dangerous time of year for pitchers. The white paper MLB published this winter after its deep dive into the root causes of the pitcher injury epidemic found that spring training is ...

SEATTLESEATTLE — Pristine white baseballs that would not require rubbing are under consideration by Major League Baseball as a way to solve the issue of pitchers using sticky substances for better ...

After two or three starts in April, there typically isn’t enough new information that will significantly alter our long-term forecast for a pitcher. One thing that can quickly stick out enough to make ...

No matter which major league baseball team you root for, chances are very good that at least one of its pitchers started the season on the injured list. Or perhaps they are out for the year. Or, maybe ...