A product of Cajun country in south Louisiana, Jeff played football through high school, and baseball through college and beyond. After getting a BFA from the Savannah College of Art & Design, he ...

The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic’s daily MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. Statcast hits double digits. It somehow feels too long and too short ...

Everybody digs the long ball, right? Well, the only thing sweeter is an even longer one. Witnessing a no-doubter, one where the batter knows it's gone off the bat, the announcer can't believe their ...

That step unlocked a new age of baseball fandom, and Statcast builds upon that innovation by measuring everything the previous system did, along with a great deal more. Statcast was installed in all ...

Early Statcast data is separating real MLB breakout performers from temporary hot starts through xwOBA and barrel rate. Some established stars like Trea Turner and Marcus Semien show declining contact ...

While baseball has existed for more than 100 years, there are still frequent changes in the way the game is played on the field, for better or for worse. As technology has rapidly advanced through the ...

Who’s hitting the ball hardest? Who’s throwing the fastest? Let’s use MLB’s advanced metrics to see which players are standing out a month into the season. While the old adage goes that you shouldn’t ...

El partido ayer en el Maracaná fue caliente. La clasificación del Xeneize a la final de la Sudamericana dejó muchas cosas. Tras el pitazo de Jesús Valenzuela es que Ángel Romero apuntó contra Me ...

There are still plenty of spring training games to be played, and not all games are played in parks equipped with MLB Statcast tracking tech, but there have been several notable performances by ...

The Philadelphia Phillies have turned their franchise around in the last few years. They made the postseason for the first time in a while during the 2022 season and made the postseason year after ...

Chris Sale's 196 ERA+, a 67 shortstop wRC+, and the cost of Mauricio Dubón reveal the exact moves the Atlanta Braves must make this winter. Minnesota still has intriguing relief options, and Travis ...