This year’s 46.3% ground ball percentage is a record high, and the 1.53 groundball-to-flyball ratio is the first time there have been one and a half times as many balls on the ground as airborne.

Mark Leiter Jr. relieved Rodón to face Myles Straw, who hit a ground ball to the hole at shortstop, where Anthony Volpe made ...

On ground balls in 2016, big league hitters had a .239 average and .258 slugging percentage. On line drives and fly balls combined, they hit .411 with a .785 slugging percentage.

That ground ball rate was also a top-15 mark among relievers in 2024, ranking in the 97th percentile among all pitchers. 31-year-old Jason Alexander, whom the A's signed recently, ...

4. Stance too wide. Ideally, for a ball on the ground your stance should be approximately hip width, give or take a little. If you stance is significantly wider, it can often cause your hips to ...

Before delving into the cream of the crop of the leading ground-ball pitchers in Major League Baseball, let’s first answer the questions for the uninitiated: What’s a ...

At the Ground Floor(ball) Kraken donate 36 floorball kits to Federal Way Public Schools, putting the franchise at nearly 200 kits distributed to promote the fitness and fun in learning a new sport ...

On ground balls in 2016, big league hitters had a .239 average and .258 slugging percentage. On line drives and fly balls combined, they hit .411 with a .785 slugging percentage.