The following is an excerpt from Rob's new book "The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers" (co-written with Bill James), which is published by Fireside. Click here to purchase your copy. Click here to also ...

The radar gun never lies. It is baseball's ultimate arbitrator, impartial by nature and honest to the point of brutality. It has rendered every Jered Weaver start this season a festival of incredulity ...

Liam Doyle's "invisiball" fastball, gripped like a generic four-seamer, is a key weapon for Tennessee baseball. Doyle's fastball has exceptional vertical break and a high spin rate, making it ...

It’s a gift and a curse, for Chicago Cubs starter Justin Steele, that people’s eyes can’t seem to adjust to what he’s doing. He ranks second in MLB in ERA, first in park-adjusted ERA+ and tied for ...

Who threw the fastest fastball in baseball history? With the aid of contemporary science, the exceptionally entertaining documentary “Fastball” makes a pretty good case for a certain throw by a ...

Brian Bannister fixated on the numbers. He pitched for the Royals from 2007-10. His velocity wasn’t exceptional, nor were his secondary pitches. But he scored a perfect 800 on the math portion of his ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Late last week, before Cristian Javier etched his name into baseball history, his Houston Astros teammates attempted to describe his fastball. By velocity alone, it is a milquetoast ...

There’s few rushes I experience that match the excitement of seeing a radar gun flash 100 mph. If you catch the right fastball on the right day you might hear it cut through air on its way to the ...