Tomorrow afternoon, there will be a real-life MLB game. The first one in four months or so, though the stakes in this one will be considerably lower than the last one. This time, the Dodgers and Cubs ...

Spring training is, almost entirely, a bag of lies. A small-sample mirage shrouded in empty hope. Besides the occasional gut-wrenching, catastrophic injury, spring exhibition games provide little in ...

Throwing harder is better, especially during the spring, when most pitchers are still rounding up. It's not everything, but you'd rather see higher velocity readings than lower. Here's what stood out ...

As he enters his age-37 season, Justin Verlander may be getting some oomph back on his pitches. The Houston Astros right-hander made his first start of the spring Tuesday, throwing 53 pitches against ...