Abel, 23, and Mercado, 26, met after Mercado was traded to Philadelphia by the Rays before last season. They hit it off fairly quickly and started the year as members of the Lehigh Valley rotation.

First proposed in 2012, the Inter-universal Teichmüller Theory (IUT) is a devilishly difficult math theory that experts describe as an “alien language.” Although only a few mathematicians ...

If mathematicians at large are ever able to truly learn IUT, they could be able to find more efficient solutions to some of the field’s most devilish problems. Take, for example, Fermat’s Last ...

An interview with Abel Gongora, the director of "Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye," about the popular anime series and what's to come in Season 2.

On a weekend in mid-May, a clandestine mathematical conclave convened. Thirty of the world’s most renowned mathematicians traveled to Berkeley, Calif., with some coming from as far away as the U.K.

Abel, who ranked as the No. 49 prospect in all of baseball before the 2024 season according to MLB Pipeline, saw his stock slip after a difficult campaign last year.

In 1986 Belgian mathematician Jean Bourgain posed a seemingly simple question that continued to puzzle researchers for decades. No matter how you deform a convex shape—consider shaping a ball of ...

Abel was pulled from the start after 5.1 innings pitched, but he only allowed 1 earned run and 3 hits, with zero walks compared to 2 strikeouts. This performance lowered his rookie ERA to 0.79 ...

Mick Abel has arrived. The Philadelphia Phillies rookie righty is “the only MLB pitcher in the modern era to pitch at least 5.0 innings with no walks and no more than 1 run allowed in each of ...

By the end of it, there was chaos everywhere. But Abel, making his second big-league start, represented something stable for the Phillies. By the end of it, there was chaos everywhere.

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Mick Abel says he didn't have his "A-plus" stuff against the Toronto Blue Jays, an encouraging sign that he can pitch well despite not having his best stuff.