Masataka Yoshida began his rehab assignment with Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday, but during pregame warmups he got some work ...

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

Miami Marlins catcher Nick Fortes wanted to swing with two strikes against him in the bottom of the sixth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night. But after starting his swing, he ...

Look at the rate of ground balls hit—it has gone down despite the field opening up. And the increase in ground ball hits is so negligible it equates to one extra ground ball base hit every 15.8 ...

Brandon Nimmo singles on a ground ball to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Francisco Lindor to 3rd.

Randy Arozarena singles on a ground ball to left fielder Ian Happ. Cal Raleigh to 2nd.

The pen led the majors with a ground-ball rate of 50.6 percent, according to Fangraphs and also had an MLB-best 49.1 ground-ball rate in 2022, when the group finished fifth in WAR, according to ...

That doesn’t mean, though, that the Brewers want grounders. “It’s never encouraged to just go out and hit ground balls,” Dunn said. The Brewers wound up with the 10th-best offense in MLB ...

Joey Bart’s fielder’s choice on a hard ground ball in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Sunday to win two in a three-game series.

Hinch handed the ball to Guenther, who delivered what has become his signature: an infield grounder, turned into a 4-6-3 double play. Guenther said the goal was to get one out, not two, but the ...