In modern baseball, few measurements are more watched than a ball’s velocity off the bat. In and of itself, higher velocity does not guarantee a successful outcome. But it certainly makes a successful ...

At 157.57 miles per hour, even the “slowest” ball striker on the PGA Tour has an average speed that’s significantly faster than Novak Djokovic’s average speed serve at 2022 Wimbledon and the maximum ...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Baseball can’t run away from its lack of runs. Batting averages are near half-century lows. Velocity is at an all-time high. “Run scoring, it’s not easy to do. It’s hard and it ...

The advent of publicly available Statcast data has allowed advanced data and measurements to become a larger part of the conversation around the game of baseball. The ability to measure a variety of ...

A flame-throwing relief pitcher enters a game — mid-inning, runners on base, tie score — sending the telecast to another commercial break, dialing back the tension in the stadium and pushing the game ...

KENT, Wash. — There’s a reason former Red Sox director of pitching Justin Willard began gifting T-shirts with the message “I throw fuego” to every pitcher in the organization who reached 100 mph in a ...