Major League Baseball publicly released a trove of bat-tracking data today that offers fascinating insights into what makes the best hitters good -- and the worst bad. With everything from bat speed ...

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 ...

Major League Baseball is fusing its Statcast system with AI to deliver near real-time game data to fans, teams, and broadcasters. New AI-powered tools—from personalized viewing schedules to ...

Have you heard the good news? Statcast data has expanded to all of Triple-A for the 2023 season. Numbers were available for ...

Do you think Jacob Misiorowski was fired up for his first career start against the Yankees? The 24-year-old Brewers ...

Earlier this month, Major League Baseball unveiled the most significant expansion of Statcast’s capabilities in years. In addition to metrics that track the ball (spin rate, pitch velocity, exit ...

While the old adage goes that you shouldn’t look at the MLB standings until Memorial Day, we live in the Statcast era, and don’t have to wait nearly as long to confidently identify trends emerging ...

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 ...

Padres pitcher Matt Waldron is the closest thing MLB has to an active knuckleball pitcher. The knuckleball isn't his only pitch, but when he does throw one, they're usually effective. And on Sunday, ...

Fans lauded the Statcast edition of ESPN2's broadcast of the Home Run Derby, mainly because it allowed them to see where the balls were actually going. | Screengrab Twitter @awfulannouncing It has not ...

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 ...

Just as many people could not imagine life before smartphones, many baseball fans can’t imagine the sport before the so-called “Statcast Era.” Love it or hate it — and there are plenty of people on ...