Additionally, the rule book strike zone is somewhat subjective as well and would likely need a further refined definition if machine systems were to be implemented for calling strikes in a live game.

A lot of these daily questions have been about vibes. This is more of a real one, because MLB has a minor pickle on its hands. If you haven’t been following the story, it basically breaks down ...

Baseball has made considerable strides from those seemingly lawless days of the 1990s, when the size and shape of the strike zone sometimes ... improve,” said Peter Woodfork, who just completed ...

With the Phillies’ Trea Turner on first base after a walk in the third inning, Mets reliever David Peterson attempted ... appeared inside but was called a strike on Jose Iglesias.

NEW YORK — The robot strike zone will be getting slightly bigger at Triple-A starting Tuesday in an attempt to make it better reflect individual batters rather than averages, and the pitch clock ...

The biggest changes will be the continued attempts to tweak and improve the automated ball-strike (ABS) strike zone. MLB will be ... Baseball America’s Peter Flaherty takes a deeper look at ...

The sinker that could touch the mid 90s, dancing its way around the bottom of the strike zone. The slider that was ... time nominee for the prestigious Peter J. Lisagor Awards for Exemplary ...

Viewers of broadcast feeds will also see the same replay, according to MLB, which said its research revealed that a strike zone challenge typically added 17 seconds to a game. When used during ...

That buffer zone should have been described as 2 inches on all sides of the plate, just off the strike zone, not 2 inches on all sides of the plate, both inside and outside the strike zone.

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 ...

PHOENIX -- Chicago Cubs veteran Ben Zobrist has been in favor of an electronic strike zone for several years ... The slider from reliever David Hernandez looked decidedly low, but plate umpire ...