Sal Stewart being on the roster for likely the full season will help the offense. Prospect Hector Rodriguez is on the way, and he’ll be competing for a spot on the Opening Day roster. The lineup still feels like it needs another bat, and Nick Krall said after the Lux trade that the Reds were working to add to their position player group.

Major League Baseball publicly released a trove of bat-tracking data today that offers fascinating insights into what makes the best hitters good -- and the worst bad. With everything from bat speed to swing length to sweet spot contact measured, it will ...

MLB analyst Jim Bowden says the Yankees missed a key opportunity by passing on a proven right-handed power bat this offseason.

Scott Bridges of Odessa is a big baseball fan, and he dedicated his life to making the game safer 26 years ago.

(NEXSTAR) — Even if you don’t follow baseball, you may have heard talk of the torpedo bats that seemingly helped propel the New York Yankees to put up 36 runs and hit 15 homers during their opening series against the Milwaukee Brewers. As significant ...

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