The agonizing life of the brief contender.

Who throws the best pitch in baseball?

Sal uses Marcel projections to evaluate a few players’ talent.

Who went deep and who dug deep?

More research on which pitchers have longer careers.

Did Cy Young deserve the Cy Young?

So how do we use this information—and what makes Mariano Rivera different?

Do strikeout pitchers truly tend to have longer careers?