Pitches per inning pitched is a tool used to evaluate how efficient a pitcher is at getting his outs -- or how many pitches he typically needs to use to do his job. Calculating the number is easy ...

Paul Skenes put forth a tremendous effort on Friday night for the Pittsburgh Pirates, blanking the Los Angeles Dodgers through six and a third innings to earn his third win of the season. Skenes ...

Getting hit by a pitch is something that no MLB player likes to have happen. The ball is hard, and it hurts to get hit. Sometimes, it results in a little retaliation, which could then lead to a brawl ...

This piece is excerpted from Eno Sarris’ “10 bold predictions for the 2025 MLB season.” In the marketplace of pitches, stock in sinkers was performing awfully in the pitch-tracking era. Between 2008 ...

On Friday night, all eyes were on Skenes as he matched against Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the Dodgers’ high-priced star. Skenes delivered his most dominant start of the year: 6 1/3 shutout innings, a ...

At the major league level, a pitcher’s arm can be worth tens of millions of dollars. Players, teams and Major League Baseball itself all have a vested interest in reducing season- and potentially ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Shohei Ohtani pitched three scoreless innings in the Dodgers’ 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday as the Los Angeles star continues to work his way back from elbow ...

Hitting a major league pitch has always been one of the most difficult feats in professional sports, but the modern game has pushed that challenge to another level entirely. Today’s pitchers in the ...

The New York Yankees aren't shy when they notice pitch tipping, and it paid off for them again in their series win against the Toronto Blue Jays. In the first inning, just before Ben Rice went yard to ...