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Nastiest pitches in baseball

Tom Haberstroh, Special to Insider

Using Pitch f/x technology, we found the nastiest pitches -- and some of the worst -- in the game at the close of the decade.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | December 15, 2009

Chapman kept defection plans from kin

Associated Press

Aroldis Chapman simply left his room at the Domina Hotel in Rotterdam last July and went down to the lobby. The Cuban pitcher's defection during a tournament in the Netherlands lacked any of the drama a movie script writer would want.

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2009

Still plenty of bargains to be had

Adam Madison, Special to ESPN.com

Adam Madison previews Friday's games, noting that Kevin Correia and Tom Gorzelanny are decent spot starters.

Story | Conversation | October 01, 2009

The unique value of October baseball

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

As Buster Olney writes in the October 5 issue of ESPN The Magazine -- if you don't think playoff baseball is different, then, well, you're probably not a player, are you?

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 27, 2009

Byrd should dust off his fastball

Special to ESPN.com

If Red Sox right-hander Paul Byrd hopes to tame the breaking-ball bashing Yankees, he had better adjust his approach.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 26, 2009

Cy Young candidates take mound

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass ranks pitchers and finds favorable and unfavorable matchups for fantasy baseball matchups of the weekend of Sept. 26-27.

Story | Conversation | September 25, 2009

Be wary of rain altering rotations

Adam Madison, ESPN.com

Adam Madison previews Tuesday's MLB action but warns that rain could affect games across the country.

Story | Conversation | September 21, 2009

Strategies change as season comes to end

Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.com

Tristan H. Cockcroft sets up Week 25 in Baseball Challenge, saying that strategies will change heading into the final two weeks of the season.

Story | Conversation | September 18, 2009

Yankees to cruise?

Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.com

Tristan H. Cockcroft previews the penultimate week of the fantasy baseball season, where the Yankees are on the verge of being able to set their team to cruise control.

Story | Conversation | September 18, 2009

Cain, Harden lead thin starter crop

Adam Madison, Special to ESPN.com

Adam Madison previews Wednesday's MLB action, including a number of Quadruple-A pitchers taking the mound.

Story | Conversation | September 15, 2009

It's Baker, Oswalt and little else

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass previews Thursday's action, including slim pickings on the mound.

Story | Conversation | September 09, 2009

Rays prospect Davis set to debut

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass previews this weekend's games, which include the major league debut for Tampa Bay Rays pitching prospect Wade Davis.

Story | Conversation | September 04, 2009

Penny should have value with Giants

Christopher Harris, ESPN.com

Christopher Harris says that Brad Penny hopes to replicate the early success of John Smoltz when he joins the Giants rotation.

Story | Conversation | September 01, 2009

Kawakami to pitch, Hudson pushed back to Tuesday

Adam Madison, Special to ESPN.com

Adam Madison previews Monday's action in the major leagues, including a change in Atlanta where Kenshin Kawakami will push Tim Hudson's start back a day.

Story | Conversation | August 30, 2009

Hudson returns; rosters expand

Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.com

Tristan H. Cockcroft previews Week 22 of the baseball season, which includes Tim Hudson returning to action and rosters expanding, meaning more uncertainty in some pitching rotations.

Story | Conversation | August 28, 2009