Roughly a week after the Rafael Devers trade went down, Red Sox manager Alex Cora is still fielding questions about the franchise choosing to ship away its homegrown star—and he doesn't sound too happy about it.

Devers faced his former team for the first time Friday night, going 0 for 5 at the plate in the San Francisco Giants' 7-5 loss. The former Red Sox slugger did hit a drive to the left-field wall in the third inning, but his ex-teammate Ceddane Rafaela robbed him of the extra-base hit.

After the Red Sox's win, Cora was asked whether he needed to clear the air regarding the Devers trade, given all the reports that have come out of the woodwork about the perceived rift between Devers and the Red Sox organization.

Cora didn't seem at all interested in doing so, and echoed his previous sentiments about "turning the page" in the post-Devers era.

"Clear the air about what? It’s a trade. It’s baseball. It’s a business. That’s how it works," Cora said, via ESPN's Jesse Rogers. "It's not the first guy that’s gotten traded. It’s not the last guy. People have their opinions about the whole thing. Communication, first base, DH, third base, the manager, the GM, the owner, whatever. It’s a baseball trade. From my end, I turn the page.”

It certainly seems like Cora has grown tired of discussing his former player, despite how shocking the trade was at the time. In the days following the move, several reports detailed Devers's months-long dispute with the Red Sox stemming from his very public unwillingness to change positions.

Devers surprisingly admitted he would be okay with playing first base upon his arrival in San Francisco and gave a simple justification for his new flexible mindset with the Giants. "I am here to play wherever they want me to play," Devers said, via a translator.

Some bitter Red Sox fans might not have liked hearing Devers's answer, but as far as Cora is concerned, the page is officially turned, and that chapter of the Red Sox is now over.

In today's baseball, throwing in the upper 90s is much more commonplace than it was even just a decade ago. Bullpens are stacked with fireballers and starters don't throw nearly as many innings as they used to, so there's no need to hold back on the mound.

Add in better training programs, breakthroughs in surgeries and recovery and new nutrition habits and it's no surprise that pitchers are throwing harder than ever.

That's not to say that there weren't incredibly powerful hurlers throughout the years. Nolan Ryan was clocked at 100 mph but was subject the old standard of radar tracking (at home plate). Many believe that if Ryan was clocked using today's standard (about 10 feet before home plate), his fastest pitches would come in somewhere around 108 mph.

And of course Randy Johnson exploded a bird while on the mound. We're not entirely sure how fast that ball was moving, but Johnson and his Diamondbacks catcher at the time (Rod Barajas) estimated it was around 100 mph.

Bob Feller participated in an early speed test where he threw a baseball against a racing motorcycle going 86 mph. Feller didn't release the ball until the motorcycle was already 10 feet or so ahead of him, but his pitch still crossed the finish line first. Early estimates suggested that ball was going over 100 mph. No wonder they called him 'Rapid Robert.'

Then there's Roger Clemens, who earned the nickname "The Rocket" for his 98 mph heater. Clemens maintained his high velocity well into his late 30s and won seven Cy Young awards.

However, these players were anomalies. Not the norm. Go back to just 2007 and you'll see a stark contrast on the mound. For example, in that 2007 season, the fastest average fastball speed was 97.6 mph (it belonged to Jonathan Broxton).

In 2025, Broxton and his 97.6 mph heater would be tied for 28th in MLB. Eight different pitchers currently average at least 99 mph on their fastballs. Three of them (Mason Miller, Jhoan Duran and Seth Halvorsen) average more than 100 mph.

So let's take a look back at the fastest pitches in MLB history, or perhaps more accurately, the fastest pitches of the statcast era.

The Fastest Pitches Ever Thrown in MLB History

Aroldis Chapman: Bringing the Heat Since 2010

Nicknamed the "Cuban Missile," Chapman made his MLB debut with the Cincinnati Reds on Aug. 31, 2010. Just one month later, on Sept. 24, 2010, he threw the fastest recorded pitch in MLB history: a 105.8 mph fastball.

Since then, he's thrown nothing but gas for the Reds, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Red Sox. Chapman is an eight-time All-Star, a two-time World Series winner and a Mariano Rivera American League Reliever of the Year award winner.

And he doesn't appear to be slowing down (or losing any velocity) with age. Despite now being 37-years-old, Chapman still routinely throws 100+ mph and is currently the Red Sox's closer.

How Pitch Velocity Is Measured

In the 1940s, there were some efforts to clock pitch speed, mainly due to Feller's incredible fastball. His motorcycle-radar test was a pioneering effort at the time, but it doesn't really hold up today.

This is because the ball speed was measured by timing the ball as it hit a barrier 60 feet away, but this severely underreported velocity as the ball will lose anywhere between five and 10% of its speed from the time it leaves the pitcher's hand to when it crosses the plate.

By the 1970s, radar guns were pretty commonplace in baseball. They provided much more consistent readings of speed, but it all depended on where the ball was being tracked. More often than not, it was at home plate, where the pitch was at its slowest.

MLB implemented PITCHf/x in all ballparks by 2008, which used triangulation to track both pitch speed and break. At this point, all pitch speeds were normalized to the 50-foot release point as well, making all of them comparable.

Now, MLB uses Statcast. Statcast uses Doppler radar and Hawk-Eye to track pitches' speed, exit velocity, spin rate and more.

Every pitch is now measured at release, making Chapman's 105.8 mph pitch truly the fastest verified throw in MLB history.

تمكن منتخب تونس من تحقيق الفوز على قطر، في إطار منافسات دور المجموعات من بطولة كأس العرب.

وواجه منتخب تونس نظيره القطري، في السابعة مساء بتوقيت القاهرة، ضمن منافسات الجولة الثالثة من دور المجموعات من بطولة كأس العرب.

ويقع منتخب تونس في المجموعة الأولى في كأس العرب، رفقة منتخبات قطر وسوريا وفلسطين. 

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وحقق منتخب تونس الفوز على قطر، بثلاثية نظيفة، في المباراة التي جمعت بينهما اليوم الأحد. 

تقدم منتخب تونس بالهدف الأول في مرمى قطر، في الدقيقة 16 من عمر الشوط الأول، عن طريق محمد علي بن رمضان لاعب الأهلي. 

وفي الدقيقة 62 من عمر الشوط الثاني، عزز منتخب تونس تقدمه بالهدف الثاني في مرمى قطر عن طريق اللاعب ياسين مرياح، قبل أن يضيف محمد علي بن رمضان ثالث أهداف تونس في الدقيقة 94 من عمر المباراة. 

وبهذه النتيجة رفع منتخب تونس رصيده إلى 4 نقاط في المركز الثالث في جدول ترتيب المجموعة، بينما تجمد رصيد قطر عند نقطة وحيدة في المركز الأخير. 

وبتلك النتيجة تأكد خروج تونس وقطر من بطولة كأس العرب، بينما تأهلت سوريا وفلسطين إلى دور الثمانية من البطولة.  أهداف مباراة تونس وقطر في كأس العرب  

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Wrigley Field as the location for the 2027 MLB All-Star Game on Friday. Afterwards, he took a moment to speak with media and addressed reports of a confrontation he had with Bryce Harper in the Philadelphia Phillies locker room last weekend.

On Monday, ESPN reported Harper had cursed out Manfred when the commissioner visited the team's clubhouse and discussed the economics of MLB, with Harper snapping that Manfred should "get the f— out" if he wanted to discuss that in relation to a possible salary cap in the next CBA. The two reportedly shook hands afterwards but Harper refused to take Manfred's calls the following day.

On Friday Manfred was asked about the situation and downplayed it to the best of his ability, stating he doesn't discuss the locker room visits in detail.

"You know, I don't talk about those player meetings," Manfred said, per . "Let me say this: I think more has been made out of this than needs to be made out of it. Bryce expressed his views, at the end of the meeting we shook hands, and went our separate ways. Not all that significant."

A busy week for Manfred between this and an extremely active MLB trade deadline.

Cal Raleigh's 2025 Home Run Derby win was a family affair.

The Mariners catcher, who leads MLB with 38 home runs this season, had his father Todd throw pitches to him and his 15-year-old brother Todd Jr. catch for him behind the plate.

Raleigh credited his family after his Derby win, and gave a special shout out to his younger brother for "hyping him up" during his performance. Raleigh finished with hitting 54 total home runs on Monday night.

"Honestly he was hyping me up," Raleigh said. "He was firing me up the whole time. I'd hit one good and he'd be like 'Let's go!' And, I don't know, it just got me going, and I think that's why I got good spurts during the Derby."

ESPN's Jeff Passan then asked Todd Jr. what it was like having the best view in Truist Park during his brother's performance, and he responded with one simple word: "Greatness."

Raleigh shared in his post-Derby interview on ESPN that he might gift his brother a new car for when he turns 16 as a thank you for participating in the Derby with him. What a generous big brother.

Raleigh competed against Tampa Bay Rays infielder Junior Caminero in the Derby final. Raleigh went first and crushed 18 homers, while Caminero fell short with 15 home runs in the final round. Raleigh became the first catcher and switch hitter to win the Derby.

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O Corinthians venceu o Nacional-PAR por 4 a 0 em partida válida pela segunda rodada da fase de grupos da Copa Sul-Americana. Romero (2x), Yuri Alberto e Pedro Raul marcaram os gols do Timão na Neo Química Arena. O paraguaio se tornou o maior artilheiro de Itaquera e o estrangeiro com mais gols pelo clube.

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Com o resultado, o Corinthians chega a quatro pontos e assume a liderança do Grupo F da Sul-Americana. A equipe paraguaia amarga a lanterna do grupo, com zero pontos.

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Após 15 minutos sonolentos, o Corinthians conseguiu encontrar espaços e conseguiu impor sua dominância sobre o Nacional-PAR. Após algumas chances, Romero abriu o placar no primeiro tempo. O Timão aproveitou a expulsão de Arévalo na etapa final, foi mais incisivo no ataque e ampliou a vantagem com Yuri Alberto, Romero e Pedro Raul.

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O próximo compromisso do Corinthians será no domingo (14), contra o Atlético-MG, pela primeira rodada do Brasileirão, na Neo Química Arena. No sábado, o Nacional enfrenta o General Caballero pelo Campeonato Paraguaio.

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CORINTHIANS 4 X 0 NACIONAL-PAR
COPA SUL AMERICANA – FASE DE GRUPOS – SEGUNDA RODADA
Data e horário: terça-feira, 9 de abril de 2024, às 19h (de Brasília);
Local: Neo Química Arena, em São Paulo, no Brasil
Árbitro: Jhon Ospina (COL)

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GOLS: Romero (2x), Yuri Alberto e Pedro Raul

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⚽ ESCALAÇÕES
CORINTHIANS (Técnico: António Oliveira)
Cássio; Fagner, Félix Torres, Gustavo Henrique e Hugo; Raniele, Fausto Vera e Rodrigo Garro; Wesley, Romero e Yuri Alberto

NACIONAL-PAR (Técnico: Victor Bernay)
Antony Silva; Blasi, Claudio Nuñez, Ojeda e Rivas; Juan Alfaro, Cáceres e Santacruz; Gaona, Arévalo e Tiago Caballero.

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Mikel Arteta has hailed “magical” Leandro Trossard as a “massive weapon” for Arsenal after he fired his side to the top of the Premier League.

Trossard, on £90,000-a-week, bundled home Bukayo Saka’s 58th minute corner at Fulham in a 1-0 win for the Gunners which ensures they will end the latest round of fixtures at the league summit.

Trossard scored just eight times in the league last term and, following Arsenal’s summer spending spree with eight new players arriving at the Emirates, the Belgium international might have feared for his place in Arteta’s side.

However, the 30-year-old, who found game time hard to come by earlier in the season, has now started all of Arsenal’s last five matches, both in the league, and in Europe.

Arteta hails Trossard as Arsenal's "weapon"

Arsenal’s win at Fulham marked the first of seven fixtures in 21 days for Arteta’s men with a Champions League home clash against Atletico Madrid to come on Tuesday.

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The north London team will be looking to build on a strong opening to their European campaign with successive 2-0 victories against Athletic Bilbao and Olympiacos.

The run of matches is set to test the depth of Arsenal’s new-look squad with captain Martin Odegaard, Noni Madueke and Kai Havertz already absent through injury.

But Arteta continued: “We know the schedule and the load is what it is, and the games now and the context demands a bigger squad.

“All the top teams are in the same boat, and we’re going to have to manage that really well, to look after them, and especially to get the best out of them.”

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O Vasco publicou uma nota oficial na tarde desta quarta-feira (13) repudiando o fato de não poder atuar no Maracanã, contra o Nova Iguaçu, pala partida de volta da semifinal do Campeonato Carioca.

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Na publicação, a diretoria do cruz-maltino manda um recado direto à Flamengo e Fluminense, dupla que administra o consórcio do Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho.

– Esses poucos nobres, encastelados, não percebem o dano que causam ao campeonato e ao espetáculo, afastando o torcedor de um dos maiores palcos do esporte – diz trecho do comunicado.

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Mandante da partida, o Nova Iguaçu solicitou à administradora para que a partida fosse disputada no Maracanã, mas não recebeu uma resposta – positiva ou negativa. Em razão de questões operacionais, a FERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) definiu a sede do confronto e anunciou que a partida será disputada no Raulino de Oliveira.

CONFIRA O COMUNICADO DO VASCO

“Um Maracanã de poucos faz mal ao futebol. É, no mínimo, lamentável a dificuldade em se jogar no estádio.

Esses poucos nobres, encastelados, não percebem o dano que causam ao campeonato e ao espetáculo, afastando o torcedor de um dos maiores palcos do esporte.

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Por que não, então, uma gestão compartilhada? Por que não? Estamos dispostos a administrar com todos e para todos.

Pelo bem do futebol, do Rio e por um.”

علق نور الدين زايد، حارس مرمى منتخب الأردن، على الفوز على منتخب مصر، بثلاثية نظيفة، في الجولة الثالثة من دور المجموعات ببطولة كأس العرب 2025.

وخسر منتخب مصر أمام الأردن بثلاثة أهداف نظيفة، اليوم الثلاثاء، ضمن منافسات الجولة الثالثة من دور المجموعات، ليودع كأس العرب، بينما تصدر النشامى الترتيب بتسع نقاط.

وقال نور الدين زايد في لقاء مع قناة الكأس: “نبارك للأمة الأردنية كاملة، فريق الأردن بمن حضر، اللاعبون البدلاء لم يقصروا وكانوا على قدر المسؤولية، ونعد الجماهير أن البطولة تكون في عمان”.

طالع| فيديو | بهزيمة وتعادلين.. منتخب مصر يودع كأس العرب بالخسارة بثلاثية أمام الأردن

من جانبه، قال أبو زريق شرارة، لاعب الأردن: “مبارك لجماهيرنا الفوز، وهارد لك للمنتخب المصري، نحن بمن حضر داخل الملعب، ولدينا ثقة في أنفسنا، حصدنا في ثلاث مباريات انتصارات بالعلامة الكاملة”.

وتابع: “يجب أن ننسى كل ما مضى ونركز في الدور المقبل، مواجهات صعبة وتحتاج تركيز أكثر، لدينا عناصر كبيرة قادرة على تقديم مستويات جيدة، نعمل على قلب واحد ويد واحدة، ندعم أي لاعب في الميدان”.

واختتم: “نعد الجماهير الأردنية أن نقدم مستويات جيدة ونحقق نتائج إيجابية ونصل لبعيد في هذه البطولة”.

The Dodgers are World Series champions once again after pulling out a dramatic comeback against the Blue Jays in Game 7 at the Rogers Centre.

Trailing 4–3 heading into the ninth, the script was set for the Dodgers’ entire postseason hopes to come down to Shohei Ohtani, who was set to bat third in the inning. But before Shohei got to the plate, second baseman Miguel Rojas, batting out of the nine-hole, decided he’d rather handle things himself, and smacked a game-tying home run to left.

If you were surprised by this display of power from Rojas, you were not alone. Rojas had just seven dingers through the entire 2025 regular season, and has gone yard just 57 times through 12 seasons in the majors. But in the ninth inning with his team in need of a hero, he stepped up.

Mookie Betts, like Ohtani, is one of the stars on the Dodgers you might have thought would be more likely to turn up as the hero in the ninth. Talking after the game, Betts admitted that even he was stunned by Rojas’s big play.

“No shade to Miggy Rojas, but nobody is really expecting a homer with two outs from Miggy Rojas,” Betts told the Fox postgame desk. “And he did. It was one of those things. We believe in him, but we didn’t know about a homer, right? It’s just fitting. If you’re around a group of guys, you know who the mic guy is. The guy that’s on the mic to get everybody going. He’s our mic guy. For him to come up big, he’s like our glue.”

Baseball is a team sport, and every batter from the top to the bottom of the lineup has a role to play. It turns out that Rojas’s role in the nine-hole was even bigger than expected.