The fly-ball revolution is in full swing. The number of hits classed as fly-balls (a hit with a launch angle between 10-25 degrees) is on an upward trend, as is the average launch angle of all hits in the league. Home run totals are going through the roof and, in...
Tanking. Tearing down. Rebuilding. Call it what you will, it all amounts to basically the same thing: a frank acknowledgment that your team is going to drop out of contention for anything from three to five years in order to start again from the bottom up. By my count there...
He’s charismatic, fun-loving, and playful — and his mound antics have made him a favourite of fans way outside his adoptive home towns of Cincinnati, Kansas City and San Francisco. But last time out Johnny Cueto endured the worst season of his major league career, and the jury is still...