Baseball fans want home plate umpire C.B. Bucknor fired after several missed calls in the Blue Jays-Guardians game.

Somewhere along the drive between Columbus, Ohio, and St. Louis -- it’s still kind of foggy to rookie umpire Tyler Jones, ...

In a statement to The Athletic's Jayson Stark, Ken Rosenthal and Eno Sarris, an MLB official explained the zone hasn't changed and umpires haven't been instructed to call balls and strikes ...

Changes to the way Major League Baseball evaluates umpires has resulted in fewer called strikes on the edges of the zone through the first month of the 2025 season, reports The Athletic.

Advertisement By Jayson Stark, Ken Rosenthal and Eno Sarris In the winter, Major League Baseball negotiated a seemingly simple change in how home-plate umpires are graded and evaluated.

Miller, who has worked in the majors since 1997 and served as a crew chief since 2014, also holds the role of president of the MLB Umpires Association. Mistakes like Friday’s aren’t rare in ...

According to The Athletic, MLB changed how its home plate umpires are evaluated on their calls of balls and strikes. MLB’s change? Shrinking the strike zone. Home-plate umpires have long been ...

Victor Scott II, Lars Nootbaar and Masyn Winn hit consecutive home runs in the ninth inning, with Winn going deep for the ...