Tom Verducci

1 week ago | si.com | Tom Verducci

Cada partido de beisbol, cada noche, incluye una serie de lanzamientos que no habíamos visto antes. El lanzador promedio de las Grandes Ligas lanza más fuerte que nunca (un promedio de 94.0 mph en rectas de dos y cuatro costuras, igualando el récord del año pasado), pero lanza menos rectas que nunca. La tasa de rectas ha bajado al 47.3%. Hace tan solo 10 años, un bateador podía esperar ver un 56.8% de rectas..

1 week ago | si.com | Tom Verducci

Every baseball game every night includes pitch sorcery like nothing we have seen before. The average major league pitcher throws harder than ever (an average of 94.0 mph on two- and four-seam fastballs, matching the record of last year) but throws fewer fastballs than ever. The rate of fastballs is down to 47.3%. Just 10 years ago a hitter could expect to see 56.8% fastballs. All those lost fastballs have been replaced with a confounding web of lab-grown pitches that dart every which way.

2 weeks ago | si.com | Tom Verducci

What in the world is going on with Juan Soto? The New York Mets outfielder is getting beat by fastballs, he is rightfully getting crushed for not hustling on at least two instances, he has lost bat speed and is in the midst of his first-ever 10-game span with no extra base hits and 12 strikeouts. It’s a tribute to his ability to draw walks that Soto still posted a .815 OPS and 134 OPS+ in his first 48 games with the Mets. But he is not being paid $756 million over 15 years to scratch out walks.

2 weeks ago | si.com | Tom Verducci

There are many ways to lose a baseball game. The Baltimore Orioles, who have been losing them at an astounding clip for nearly a year, invented a new way Friday night. They became the first team to lose a nine-inning game with 20 baserunners but only three runs and 15 left on base. “Kind of disbelief, honestly,” was the reaction of manager Brandon Hyde. Orioles ownership had a more visceral reaction. It fired Hyde.

3 weeks ago | si.com | Tom Verducci

Ocho meses después de la muerte de Pete Rose, el camino para su entronización al Salón de la Fama se abrirá por primera vez desde que se bloqueó hace 34 años. El comisionado de beisbol Rob Manfred, actuando en una petición de la familia de Rose, eliminó a la leyenda de los Reds de la lista de no elegibles el martes. La decisión del comisionado está separada de los procedimientos de votación, pero hace que sea elegible para la consideración de Cooperstown tan pronto como en diciembre de 2027.