Last season, 204 pitchers averaged at least 94 mph on at least 200 four-seamers. Sasaki’s fastball would rank last in spin rate. (MLB baseballs are bigger and less tacky than NPB baseballs, allowing ...

With MLB spring training in full swing and the Dodgers and Cubs set to kick off the 2025 season with a two-game Tokyo Series ...

It’s getting late early,” as Yogi Berra said — and this is to be the final game for their adult rec league. “Eephus,” as ...

Excitement for the 2025 MLB regular season is growing by the day. Fans will get their first taste of regular season baseball ...

This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. We’re going to contain the Dodgers to one section (which might be the only way anyone contains them ...

Every successful baseball team must get contributions from far more than the 26 players they break camp with after spring ...

The Roki Sasaki splitter is here, and it might be even nastier than we thought. Sasaki was all-around electric in his Dodgers ...