Half and half
Can hitters really change?
Is this a picture of a good pitcher?
What those pitch movement charts can mean to you
What’s in a baseball season?
Scraps.
The Faces of Baseball
All-Star voting, Ernie Clement and Shohei Ohtani
Selling / Sunset
Which MLB teams need to abandon expectations? Plus: A vibes wizard and a disgraceful Pride Night display.
Emotional labor
What attention do fans owe to baseball's early salary cap campaigning?
The scoreless innings record is in play
Cristopher Sánchez and the rare modern pursuit of a hallowed baseball record
Catch them if you can
Fast starts, catchers, and unknowns
Munetaka Murakami is a certain type of slugger
A lot of outcomes could be true.
The Three-Fastball Solution
Is this Pitch Design 3.0? Plus, Coaches4Hire.
Tweeted Rivalry
On Cam Schlittler and the sour side of fan interaction. Plus: The Reds are the anti-Mets.
April will make fools of us all
Every day has felt like April Fools’ Day for a good long while. Anything could be “real” in the sense that it’s not a prank, a lie that vanishes when the jig is up. “Real” as in a thing that’s actually happening, even if it skipped past separation