SEATTLE — As Andrew Painter stumbled by means of his first few months within the main leagues, so a lot of his struggles got here again to his fastball’s diminished efficiency. The first 12 months coming back from surgical procedure, Painter knew, was merely about staying wholesome. But he was in Year 2, and his…
Before Mason Montgomery began working out to the mound in save conditions for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brandon Lowe vividly remembers a rehabilitation project at Triple-A Durham in 2024 when the left-hander caught his eye with great things that includes a mid-90s fastball. When Montgomery made his major-league debut for the Tampa Bay Rays that September,…
With the Padres coming off a weekend sweep and on a five-game profitable streak, it was time to speak about Padres closer Mason Miller on the newest episode of “Baseball Bar-B-Cast.” “Mason Miller is breaking the sport,” Jake Mintz declared. Advertisement “If you’re angry about the Los Angeles Dodgers and their deep-pocketed ways, well, you…