It's a meld of robotic precision and human oversight, a compromise allowing a limited number of challenges per game to ensure accuracy in the strike zone. Fans and players alike want to see if ABS ...

But last week’s developments — Major League Baseball’s test of the automated strike zone, and the possibility of this rule change taking effect in regular season games as early as 2026 or ...

I think we’ll get something out of it for the future.” Someday, years from now, a fully automated strike zone could wipe out the value of pitch framing, but long before that happens ...