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Sports are very competitive, yet sharing information surrounding science can be extremely beneficial, Martin Rogers writes.
In a fascinating post for FiveThirtyEight.com, Rob Arthur and Tim Dix present and examine the findings of an ESPN Sport Science-commissioned study into the composition of Major League baseballs ...
Many fans and players alike accuse MLB of "juicing" the baseballs, causing a drastic surge in home runs in recent years. But a new report indicates that seam heights and batting technique might be ...
Late baseball legends Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron have been outranked by players from later eras as a new study has calculated the sport's greatest players of all time.
For MLB's second generation players, love of game tops genetics – and science agrees Story by Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY Sun, Jun 15, 2025 · ...
Inside the sports performance science world, there has been some debate about how far ahead baseball is from other sports regarding analytics and applied sports science.
Mark Shapiro and the Blue Jays are aiming to get ahead of the rest of MLB in the game's new market inefficiency: sports science.
Don’t even play: you’re not doing anything the weekend of August 16-17th and odds favor you either being in Boston, Massachusetts or being close to an airport that can put you there. And, if you’re ...
NEW YORK -- Improved science could be a reason behind baseball's increase in positive drug tests. There have been eight suspensions announced this year under the major league program for positive ...