The Houston Astros entered free agency with a few of their key players hitting the open market.  Coming into the offseason, the Astros knew they would likely be ...

Metrics like xFIP (3.99) and SIERA (3.41), which normalize a pitcher’s homer-to-flyball rate ... stranger to late-inning work, having picked up 142 holds and 20 saves in his 12 major league ...

Fernando Valenzuela, the iconic southpaw pitcher who helped Los Angeles Dodgers win the 1981 World Series, died last month of septic shock. Valenzuela died on Oct. 22 at age 63, although no cause ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The cause of death for legendary Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, who died last month at the age of 63, has been released. Valenzuela died of septic shock, which was ...

Advertisement Relievers usually end up relieving because of a host of reasons, including command, health, arsenal breadth and fastball quality. If a starting pitcher lacks some combination of ...

"The Astros are trying, but he seems more likely to wind up elsewhere ... the 4.75 number is a whole lot closer to the type of pitcher that Kikuchi has been, and it's certainly possible if ...

Across 59 appearances, Pressly had four saves and eight blown saves — giving up 58 hits and 22 earned runs in 56 2/3 innings. Houston Astros pitcher Josh Hader (71) throws against the Detroit ...

Garcia spent all of last season with the Nationals' Triple-A affiliate, where he logged 20 saves while putting up a 3.94 ERA and 1.26 WHIP across 61.2 innings. Now part of the Mets organization ...

Left-hander Yusei Kikuchi is a free agent after a resurgent second half of the season with the Houston Astros. R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports listed the Nationals as a possible landing spot for the ...

Astros general manager Dana Brown said they ... which could potentially open up a spot for Pete Alonso. The Phillies are looking to add a hitter and replenish their bullpen (star relievers ...

California native and Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly has not shied away from offering his unfiltered takes on why the Dodgers knocked off the Yankees. During the latest edition of the "Baseball Isn't ...