Fantasy Baseball: A deep dive into advanced stats for 2026 drafts

Intimidated by advanced stats in baseball? Not to worry! Corbin Young provides an outline of the key stats you need to know, and how they can help in fantasy baseball.

Using bat speed, swing shape to find potential MLB breakout stars

How the swing metrics Bat Speed, Swing Tilt and Intercept Point can help identify potential breakout hitters for the 2026 season.
The Spokesman-Review

From the Inland Northwest to professional playoff baseball: the science and crafters behind a new bat shape sported by the likes of Mariners star Cal Raleigh

NEWPORT - When Seattle Mariners breakout star Cal Raleigh steps to the plate Friday afternoon, he will be wielding an obviously tapered weapon. Raleigh, affectionately nicknamed “Big Dumper,” has ...
abc7NY

Takeaways from new Statcast MLB bat-tracking data

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 ...
Larry Brown Sports

Carlos Narvaez hits his teammate with a flying bat in scary moment

Boston Red Sox catcher Carlos Narvaez produced a very frightening scene during Wednesday’s playoff game. The Red Sox met the rival New York Yankees on Wednesday for Game 2 of their AL Wild Card series ...
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Morgan Wallen chucks baseball bat at MLB star José Bautista’s wife during pre-concert walkout

His bat flip was a little off-key. Morgan Wallen hurled a baseball bat at MLB star José Bautista’s wife while mimicking the former Toronto Blue Jays’ famous bat flip during a pre-concert walkout in ...