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It was not the spectacular matchup of aces that everyone had hoped for Thursday night in Arlington. In fact, for Justin Verlander, it was his worst career start ever, thanks to a horrible third inning. ESPN Stats & Information provides some of the ev...

The Red Sox had baseball's best record in April but already have as many losses in May as they did all of last month (8). So what gives? We asked our number crunchers at ESPN Stats & Information to examine some trends and here's what they came ba...

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CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox fell 3-2 on Saturday to the Los Angeles Angels, losing for the fifth time in their past seven games. How it happened: The White Sox had a number of shaky plays in the field and even had a runner thrown out at the p...

KANSAS CITY -- On this date one year ago, the New York Yankees' everyday first baseman was batting .212, with four home runs, 17 RBIs, an on-base percentage of .269 and an OPS of .634. This season, the numbers for the Yankees' everyday first basem...

Tristan H. Cockcroft breaks down the Monday-through-Sunday schedule and offers helpful tips for Week 7 of the fantasy baseball season, noting that the schedule varies greatly in terms of the number of games played by each team.

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 ...

Yu Darvish has taken us to a place this season where it's impossible not to get caught up in the numbers. Fortunately for stat heads, the fine folks at ESPN Stats & Information and their friends at Elias have come up with gobs of information on D...

MILWAUKEE - Rangers GM Jon Daniels addressed the media prior to Tuesday's game and broached a number of topics, including Mike Olt, who is sidelined at Triple-A Round Rock because of vision troubles. "He's seen a couple of different eye doctors th...

Tristan H. Cockcroft forecasts the 2013 stats from a handful of rookie pitchers off to great starts.

In ESPN The Magazine, Howard Bryant writes that Derek Jeter, though a great player statistically, can only truly be appreciated through intangibles: his amazing defensive moves, PED-free play and leadership of a franchise.

Tristan H. Cockcroft breaks down the Monday-through-Sunday schedule and offers helpful tips for Week 6 of the fantasy baseball season, noting that the schedule is surprisingly light in terms of number of games.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Derek Holland's last two starts haven't been as good as his first three starts. At least that's what the numbers say heading into Friday night's start against red hot Boston. Four earned runs allowed in his first three. Nine al...

There's still a long, long way to go, but here's what we've learned from the first 30 games or so.

Fair warning, Yankees fans: Chris Nelson is going to be most valuable for his bat and likely not for his glove. Based on the samples of data we have (and we'll acknowledge they're not large), Nelson's defensive numbers are not good either at third...

TORONTO -- Good afternoon from Rogers Centre, where the sports section of Wednesday's Toronto Globe and Mail devoted its first four pages to the hockey playoffs and its fifth page to the UEFA Champions League playoffs in soccer. Then it shared the ne...