May 8—ROCHESTER — Every morning, Nick Bowron starts his day with some lifting at the Rochester Batting Cages. On game days after school, he heads to The Yard for batting practice and some pre-game ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — In concept, the Trajekt Arc hitting machine gives big league hitters an advantage they’ve always longed for. The consensus is that pitching is leaping into near-unhittable realms ...

On an otherwise nondescript 1-for-4 night in a quotidian Los Angeles Angels loss, 7–5 in Cincinnati last Saturday, something momentous happened to Mike Trout, though few noticed. His career batting ...

Some hitters tense up when stepping to the plate in the late innings with the game on the line and runners on base. Tyler Steen reacts like he's still a little kid calmly playing in his back yard in ...

The Miami Marlins are revolutionizing their batting practice with a high-tech pitching machine called Trajekt, designed to simulate real-life pitchers with pinpoint accuracy. The state-of-the-art ...

Alabama coach Rob Vaughn called Gage Miller “a walking barrel.” And with good reason. Miller hit .458 as a high school senior in Pennsylvania, then .391 and .397 in two seasons for Bishop State JC in ...