Tennessee softball junior Karlyn Pickens is the best pitcher in the SEC again, etching her name among the greats in conference history. Pickens won her second straight SEC Pitcher of the Year ...

Philadelphia Philles pitcher Andrew Painter, the team’s No. 1 prospect, pitches in a rehab start Thursday, May 8, 2025, for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs against the Worcester Red Sox at Coca-Cola ...

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates won't have one of their star relief pitchers for the next few days due to an emergency. The Pirates announced that they placed right-handed pitcher Dennis ...

The Philadelphia Phillies are in a groove right now. They won their fourth series in a row with their dominant 7-0 victory on Wednesday, following Zack Wheeler's commanding start to open this ...

Why he is the best pitcher in the city/area: A four-year varsity player who has been all-city, all-conference and all-district throughout different parts of his career. Brayden Bess has opened ...

THERE WAS A COUPLE HOLDING UP A SIGN SAYING THEY NAMED THEIR BABY AFTER PIRATES PITCHER PAUL SKENES. WELL, SKENES HIMSELF CAUGHT SIGHT OF THEM, CAME OVER, SHOOK THEIR HANDS, AND E A couple who ...

When Shohei Ohtani arrived in the U.S. with visions of becoming the first two-way Major League Baseball player in a century, few in the sport actually believed the experiment would work. But the ...

San Diego Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta has been exceptional for the team thus far and is already hailed as one of the best offseason signings. Through six starts, Pivetta has a 1.78 ERA and an ...

But that doesn’t mean every pitcher is suffering equally from the tighter, perhaps more by-the-book zone. Some are getting it worse — and may continue to have a hard time due to how they pitch.

On Friday night in Atlanta, Holmes added two more strikeouts against the Dodgers superstar, bringing his season total to four punchouts of Ohtani — the most by any pitcher in baseball.

To honor that curiosity, I'm breaking down five pitchers who are playing better or worse than expected -- on the rise or under the tide. I've attempted to explain the player's performance to date ...