Chicago Cubs starter Cody Poteet knew exactly what pitch he wanted to uncork to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy: a fastball down and away. But as the ball left his hand — in the first inning of ...

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred cited a unique “unscientific system” that makes him think the top level of baseball is ready for strike zone replay. Talking to Evan Drellich of The Athletic, Manfred said ...

It wouldn’t be fair to describe the joint article from Jayson Stark, Ken Rosenthal and Eno Sarris about the “shrinking” MLB strike zone as a bombshell. It’s a fascinating and necessary story, but the ...

NEW YORK — If a minor league player says an umpire is acting like a robot this year, he might be right. Computer umpires for balls and strikes are coming to a low-level minor league but are a while ...

ATLANTA – Minor league baseball players have had the opportunity to get familiar with the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system. Major league players were introduced to it in spring training, but once ...

Pitchers across Major League Baseball find that the strike zone they’ve known for years no longer plays the same. This season, a behind-the-scenes tweak to how umpires are evaluated has tightened the ...

Freud: Against. The old system was fine. The individual umpire is the ego, keeping the id of the players honest, while the ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Pitch framing may soon be frivolous, but the Houston Astros can’t count on such a scenario. It is a focus across these six weeks in South Florida. Only two qualified catchers ...

It’s something we here at Baseball America have heard in numerous discussions over the past several years, as pitchers, coaches and front office officials have described the Triple-A zone as smaller ...