The lowest single-season WHIP in MLB history through 2018 is 0.7373 fromPedro Martínez pitching for the Boston Red Soxin 2000, which broke the previous record of 0.7692 of Guy Hecker of the Louisville Eclipse in 1882. Is a low or high WHIP good in baseball? In baseball statistics, walks p...
Now that the Arizona Fall League has crowned a new champion and MLB's awards season is winding down, the baseball world in the United States is preparing to turn its attention to the Hot Stove. But that doesn't mean baseball isn't being played. There are plenty of exciting and talented...
"I want a team that is open to have an honest discussion with me about pitching every fourth day," Bauer said, opening that section of his monologue. Bauer isn't just a baseball Don Quixote tilting at the private boxes where the executives reside. He is winter's most sought-...
We will never have another trivia question to rival this one: Who is the last American League switch-hitter to win the MVP? Vida Blue, a pitcher, in 1971. Top 100 MLB players of all time Who is the greatest baseball player ever? We ranked the 100 best to ever take the diamond. Top...
The education of robot umpires has been complicated by an open secret in baseball for the past 150 years: The strike zone called on the field doesn't match the one mapped out in the rule book. Before the Automated Ball-Strike System is ready for the major leagues, there has to be agre...
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In order to remedy all three of the aforementioned issues, Congress should enact legislation that would create a limited on-field protection of pitching signs during MLB games. This legislation would also partially abrogate the Best Interests of Baseball standard, allowing for judicial review of ...
MLB game length in 2022 In recent years, Major League Baseball has put an emphasis on speeding up games. There is still a lot of work to be done with pitch clocks, fewer pitching changes and more adaptations on the way in the future. For now, there seem to be some signs of progress...
That year the Babe was a brash rookie, in conflict with the veterans. In those days, rookies were to be quiet and learn the art of playing baseball in humility. Thus Ruth rarely got in pitching starts or any playtime as a Red Sox, except for starts against minor league teams in exhibi...
Plus, Mike Trout is so good at every single baseball thing that he'd be MLB Jam's version ofTecmo Bowl Bo Jackson. 1. Red Sox: Chris Sale, Mookie Betts We went over them in greater detail up top, but Boston might be the only team that could make an argument for having both the ...