FORT MYERS, Fla. — Top Red Sox prospect Payton Tolle’s four-seam fastball appears two miles per hour faster to hitters than its actual speed. His heater averaged 96.7 mph in 2025, ranking in the 86th ...

The Phillies invested $42 million per season in Wheeler as he enters his late 30s, not because of the fastball, but for his ...

As for spin rate, the league average revolutions per minute on breaking balls has increased from 2,193 in 2015 to 2,512 in 2025. As MLB.com explained, more spin changes a pitch’s trajectory. It noted ...

When spring training first kicks off, many pitchers like to gradually work their way up to full speed ahead of real game action. But one New York Yankees pitching prospect in particular is seemingly ...

After beginning his spring training with multiple bullpen sessions designed to get his mechanics back to where he wanted, Twins pitcher Bailey Ober made his 2026 Grapefruit League debut on March 6.

It’s a pitch without a name. A breakthrough development nobody quite knows how to label. Since the start of spring training ...

No books were written this first week. No final chapters penned. But history says it's likely these players will spin a good ...

It's early, but never too early to look at what's going on around the league ...