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A little more than a week ago with a man on second and two outs in the fifth inning of a 1-1 game, Atlanta Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons hit a long drive near the 413-foot sign in right-center field of Chase Field that looked like it would put t...

This was a grim series, with little good to report from a three-game sweep, but a few topics caught our attention. Ike's slump Ike Davis' slump continued both at bat and in the field, as he went 0-for-8 in the series, was called for obstruction, ...

The three pitchers with the best ERAs in baseball took the mound on Monday night, and the one who was most dominant was neither Clayton Kershaw nor Shelby Miller, but Arizona Diamondbacks starter Patrick Corbin. Let's run through some of the highl...

Recapping the Mets' series win over the Cubs this weekend: What more can Harvey do? Matt Harvey became the first Mets pitcher to drive in the game winning run in the seventh inning or later of hisvictory since Sid Fernandez did so against the Red...

AP photo/Jae HongDerek Holland has been very sharp this season, with the help of a nifty slider. Sunday's matchup between the Texas Rangers and Detroit Tigers features a pair of starting pitchers with a common bond. Rangers starter Derek Holland ...

If a pitcher decides to pitch the Arizona Diamondbacks' Paul Goldschmidt up in the strike zone, he's doing so at a high risk. The image above shows the two pitches on which Goldschmidt homered on Friday. The image at the bottom of this story shows...

Illustration by Will Cohen, ESPN Stats & InformationMariano Rivera is still the same old productive Rivera that he was prior to his knee injury. He just has a different way of going about it. Pitch selection and velocity Rivera has alway...

There are a lot of instances in baseball in which we would say: The young guy can learn from the veteran. Tonight might be a good example of one in which the vet can learn from the younger guy. What we're referring to is how CC Sabathia brings ...

Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY SportsTorii Hunter's hitting game plan is working very, very well. Over the final 2 1/2 months of the 2012 season, Torii Hunter had the kind of breakthrough that a major league hitter of any caliber rarely goes through. ...

This was another rough one, as the Mets lost three straight at home to the Pirates in the same season for the first time since 2004. Here's a look at some of the more notable stats to come from the weekend: Baxter ... again Pinch-hitter Mike Baxter...

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Bobby Parnell has pitched only 15 innings this season, but thanks to some good timing, his numbers are almost identical on the surface with those of Mets ace Matt Harvey -- 4-0 with a 1.20 ERA. Matt Harvey & Bobby Parnell 2013 Season ...

Rather than dwell on Wednesday's defeat, let's focus our notes from the Mets-White Sox mini-series on Tuesday's win. You can read all about Matt Harvey's dominance here. Here's a look at the game from a team perspective: This marked the fir...

AP PhotoThe 2012 Cy Young winners, David Price (left) and R.A. Dickey, are a combined 3-8 with a 5.82 ERA.Last season's Cy Young winners, David Price and R.A. Dickey, are scheduled to start Thursday night when the Tampa Bay Rays host the Toronto Blue...

Daniel Shirey/USA Today SportsAndrelton Simmons makes both the good play and the great play.The most common complaint we run into when discussing advanced defensive metrics is that there isn't a full grasp of how these ratings are computed. With t...

Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesMariano Rivera circa 2004 after getting a save against the Rockies for the first time.For the remainder of the 2013 season, we will look ahead to Mariano Rivera's matchups against teams he will be facing for the final time in th...