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Baseball in 2023 is unlike anything we’ve ever seen before, because it’s the first year under the new rules. Stolen bases are up. Speed is in — and general managers are openly talking about how they’ve been trying to build their rosters to be a little more athletic, and a little faster.

Speed, by itself, won’t turn a losing team into a winning team. But come October, it’s not that hard to think of memorable examples where speed mattered, whether it’s one of the most famous stolen bases in the sport’s history (Dave Roberts in the 2004 ALCS) or Mookie Betts simply tearing it up around the bases in the 2020 World Series.

Let’s find some contenders on the bottom half of the running scale — and see if we can find some fits to help give them a boost.

Looking for some golden arms? MLB Pipeline’s experts identify one pitcher from each system who has excelled over the past month.

Good arms are hard to find, even for some of the top teams in baseball. That’s why it’s worth shining a light on the elite hurlers who made our latest edition of the Starting Pitcher Power Rankings.

Jake Cave wasn’t about to let the ballpark dimensions keep him from finishing an impressive catch.

Every spring, a small village in the Austrian countryside becomes the center of European baseball and softball with a four-day festival featuring tournaments, music, food and drink.

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