Who signs up for the unforgiving grind of becoming an umpire now? Start with the 56 candidates at MLB Umpire Prospect ...

Baseball has been undergoing some pretty dramatic changes. The sport may still be timeless in a sense, but it is now timed.

This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. Two years ago on Opening ...

Another MLB season means another six months of Keith Hernandez musings. The former New York Mets first baseman forms one of ...

Teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot umpires, and catchers had a markedly ...

The New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. showed how to confidently use the still-in-trial Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) ...

MLB legend Alex Rodriguez talks about the Yankees having beards and what advice he has for Juan Soto before making a ...

Over his 50 years as an umpire, Bruce Lazaruk tries his best not to be seen on the baseball diamond. But that doesn't mean he ...

The challenge system will not be used in MLB games this season, but there is a good chance it will be implemented in 2026.

The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS), which uses Hawk-Eye technology was rolled up from the minors into the majors for an ...

Was the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system novel? Yes, though maybe not to Max Scherzer. Effective? According to the data, ...

Wonder how the new Automated Ball-Strike System fared during Spring Training? Well, wonder no more. According to data ...