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 '27- has ...

The difference in missing a strike ... Baseball America. At Triple-A in 2023, pitchers' walk rates spiked to 12%, the highest percentage in at least 60 seasons. Of course, MLB could always tweak ...

Ball: A pitch which does not enter the strike zone and is not struck at by the batter. Base: The four points of the baseball diamond (first through third bases and home plate) that must be touched ...

Major League Baseball is being dragged into ... The Automated Ball-Strike System allows the players closest to the strike zone — the pitcher, catcher and batter — to dispute a call by the ...

which he thought was below the strike zone. The outfielder immediately tapped his helmet and started heading for first. To any baseball fans who haven’t been watching this season’s spring ...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says robot umpires could be used as early as the 2026 regular season but feedback from players and teams needs to be gathered and analyzed before a decision is made.

In more than 55 percent of spring training games over the next six weeks, Major League Baseball is employing ... which said its research revealed that a strike zone challenge typically added ...

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Major League Baseball has finally started experimenting ... where the ball was in relation to the strike zone as it crosses the plate. It is similar to the line ...

Like it or hate it (Paul Skenes leans towards the latter), an automated strikezone is coming to Major League Baseball ... are games where the umpire's zone is big, and there are games where ...

Major League Baseball said Wednesday that 617 of 1,182 ... During the 2024 regular season, 10.9% of called pitches in the strike zone were ruled balls and 6.3% of called pitches outside of the ...