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Velocity training has pushed pitchers to their limits. Baseball is grappling with the injury risks
Toronto Star· 5 days agoSEATTLE (AP) — Justin Verlander was a gangly teenager. His parents jokingly called him a...
All-Star Game Weird & Wild: Skenes' start, Ohtani's homer and a final 'W' for Oakland
New York Times· 4 hours ago… And Shohei Ohtani did yet one more thing that no other human has ever done! … And we can guarantee...
Rosenthal: Jose Altuve has his reasons for skipping the All-Star Game. But it’s not the same without...
New York Times· 2 days agoMaybe then Jose Altuve will be physically fit enough and emotionally comfortable enough to appear in...
Astros' Ronel Blanco had a brilliant first half. Can he sustain it in the second?
New York Times· 3 days agoRonel Blanco is the perfect story for an imperfect season: He’s a swingman blossoming into a bona...
What is Pro Touring? We Ask the Guy Who Invented the Phrase!
MotorTrend· 1 day agoHOT ROD’s slogan is “Where it All Began,” but putting a tag on the origins of Pro Touring is like trying to hit a Justin Verlander fastball with a wiffleball ...
Astros' Jose Altuve to sit out All-Star Game
New York Times· 6 days agoAstros second baseman Jose Altuve will not attend or participate in next week’s All-Star Game while “opting to rest a sore left hand,” the team announced...
Marcus Semien homers Nathaniel Lowe's RBI single in 10th lifts Texas Rangers over Houston Astros |...
TSN· 4 days agoMarcus Semien hit a leadoff homer and Nathaniel Lowe’s RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning lifted the Texas Rangers to a 2-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday. The Rangers ...
The Detroit News' 2024 Detroit Tigers midseason grades: Pitchers
Detroit News· 10 hours agoBy and large, Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch has done what he set out to do when he took this job...
MLB Trade Deadline Tiers: Which teams could be — and should be — aggressive buyers and sellers
New York Times· 4 hours agoThis year, given the wide-open middle ground of the National League, we could probably lump a third of all teams into a Tailors category. To borrow a line from The Athletic’s Chris Kirschner ...
What is velocity training? How pitchers use weighted baseballs to throw harder
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada Sports· 5 days agoThe idea of weighted-ball training for pitchers to throw faster has been around for more than a half-century. There are studies on the process dating to the late 1960s in the heyday of Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax and Juan Marichal.