In a season where the Guardians have experienced both exhilarating highs and frustrating lows, one constant remains: José ...

What is OPS in baseball? OPS stands for “on-base plus slugging.” This metric exists to combine on-base percentage and slugging percentage into one number, according to MLB’s glossary of ...

The NFHS is mandating a double first base in high school baseball in 2027, but some area coaches have mixed opinions and ...

A better, simpler way to synthesize the skills of getting on base and hitting for power is to add all the bases a batter earns (via hit, walk, or hit by pitch) and divide that number by total plate ...

First base traditionally is one of the deepest positions in fantasy baseball.. It might be a little top-heavy with elite bats such as Freddie Freeman, Matt Olson and Pete Alonso standing head-and ...

Two throws to home plate yielded two different outcomes. One answered a test. The other produced a possible teaching moment. The latter occurred in Friday's seventh inning. Julio Rodríguez lined ...

The most stolen bases, including third base and home plate, in any MLB season came in 1987, when 3,585 bags were swiped. Vince Coleman led the league with 109, 49 more than Harold Reynolds.

In addition to the bigger bases and shorter base paths, the minor leagues also have been playing with pitch clocks since 2015 and are experimenting with a “robot” home plate umpire — aka the ...

In his first 66 plate appearances, he is hitting .424 with a 1.027 OPS. His plate discipline skills are as good as ever, and he has increased his already high mPDI to a near-elite .744 this season ...

The name “baseball” tells us which objects are important to it. There’s the ball, and there are the bases. Pretty straightforward. Nowadays the ball gets most of the attention. There’s so ...

Today, we are going to turn our attention to third base. I sorted by players who accumulated 200 plate appearances both this season and in 2022 and looked to see if there was any meaningful change in ...