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Despite Torpedo Bat Frenzy, Pitchers Still Rule MLB Amid bat design mania, baseball continues its trend of making hitting harder and harder with power breaking pitches replacing curveballs. Tom Verducci | Apr 9, 2025 Skenes is part of a growing trend of pitchers focusing on power breaking ...
From 'banana' bat to 'Torpedo' bat: Tracing baseball's lumber evolution And in an era in which the absurd stuff wielded by pitchers has created absurd strikeout totals, fans ought to embrace any innovation that could legally induce more offense. Though the Yankees’ power performance was the...
Not that many pitchers do a lot of damage at other times, either — besides Shohei Ohtani, of course. Big league hurlers hit a collective .108 this season. Max Scherzer, who used to handle the bat fairly well, was a whopping 0 for 62 for the Dodgers and Washington, didn’t safely r...
If that doesn't occur, the team loses its DH and the pitcher's spot would bat for the remainder of the game. The rule was also used in the Atlantic League last season. There's also a single disengagement rule, which means pitchers can only take their foot off the rubber once per at...
From what we've seen over the last couple of months, he's been taking his walks and making the pitchers pitch to him. To even compare him to Mike Trout is tough to do, but he has the potential to be that good." Garr's spring training Aaron comparison was even more of an eye-...
López is among the smartest pitchers in baseball, the sort of thing that will give teams peace of mind even as he ages. Contenders: SP Sandy Alcantara, 2B Ozzie Albies, UT Brendan Donovan, SP Tanner Houck, SP Nick Lodolo, 3B Isaac Paredes, CF Luis Robert Jr., 2B Bryson Stott. Class...
In these reports, WPW polls MLB starters only (not pitchers) based onBaseball-Reference.com’steam pages with a few additions. We look for and reward regular usage, orloyalty. By that, we mean that we look for the bat (or bats) that a player uses most. W...
Major league pitchers and batters aren't the only ones going on the clock this season — big league broadcasters have also been using spring training to adjust to baseball's new rhythm amid a series of rules changes.
and a former general manager for the Cincinnati Reds and Washington Nationals, told CBS News Friday that it would likely be a big adjustment for some pitchers. He explained that the pitch clock has already been instituted in the minor leagues for the past few seasons, and that it was found...