LOS ANGELES — With the tying run on base in the eighth inning on Sunday’s 100-degree afternoon, Dodgers reliever Michael Kopech reared back and fired an equally hot 101 mph fastball above the zone.

This story was excerpted from Tim Stebbins' Guardians Beat newsletter, with MLB.com's Jared Greenspan filling in for this ...

Japan beat Mexico in a thrilling World Baseball Classic semifinal game Monday night that was decided by a two-run double in the bottom of the ninth by Munetaka Murakami, which sent the stadium into ...

Chad Green is still very much a key reliever for the New York Yankees. And, as his 2.84 ERA and 2.90 FIP suggest, he is still a top bullpen contributor, or at least has been so far. Green has pitched ...

PHOENIX – Take a seat, class. Eric Lauer, wavy hair sweeping across his forehead and Starbucks cup in his hand, has gone into professor mode on a slow Arizona morning. The subject? Zoomology 101. “The ...

Fastball: Henry Lalane’s fastball has truly tanked in terms of shine, instead of having a 93-94 MPH fastball that tops out at 97 MPH from the left-handed side as a teenager, he’s a 21-year-old sitting ...

Hunter Greene is one of the hardest-throwing starting pitchers in MLB history. And so far, in his brief MLB career, he also possesses the most hittable fastball in baseball. For some those may seem ...

Three weeks later, Chicago Cubs left-hander Justin Steele laughs at how close he came to making history. The notable statistic highlighted the effectiveness of Steele’s four-seam fastball and his ...