Welcome to The Opener, where every weekday morning during the regular season you’ll get a fresh, topical story to start your day from one of SI.com’s MLB writers. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Corey Kluber ...

All pitchers today are lazy,” claimed two-time All-Star hurler Sal Maglie in The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers. “They all ...

Mets rookie right-hander Nolan McLean, who carries a career 2.23 ERA into Dodger Stadium to face Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the ...

Sweeper attachments are some of the most versatile attachments available. Keeping them running smoothly and to their full potential requires daily inspection and the proper performance of required ...

Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani uses it, as do Padres starter Yu Darvish, Yankees lefty Nestor Cortes and dozens of other pitchers. Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani (17) throws during ...

Tune into baseball for long enough in 2022 and you’re almost assured to come across an unfamiliar term. The “sweeper” is the newest weapon being deployed against MLB hitters. It is revitalizing the ...

Swiffer Sweepers were released in 2001 and quickly became an incredibly important tool in the household cleaning arsenal, ...

It has been reported that the sweeper is a new pitch being employed by some of the top pitchers in the MLB. In a year when so much has changed, from universal DH to Pitchcom technology, it is not ...

The 2022 MLB regular season is less than three weeks old and, to be completely honest with you, this is the worst time of year to analyze baseball. The sample sizes are so small and it is almost ...

Bob Melvin was talking about the improvement of Padres reliever Steven Wilson, when the San Diego skipper dropped in some cool-kid lingo that's making the rounds in Major League Baseball these days.