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 ...
Injuries are rampant in MLB, especially with pitchers, which is why Tommy John is somebody even casual baseball fans know. Not for his pitching career, however, but for being the first player to ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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 (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred thinks the use of banned sticky stuff is more widespread than the three pitchers ejected this season for illegal grip aids. “I am sure that out of an ...
The Toronto Blue Jays are hoping to get a full season out of this young prospect who hasn’t had the chance to show what he ...
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 ...
SEATTLE — 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 grip. “We ...
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 ...