If you have tuned in for any of the spring training games thus far, you've probably noticed that MLB has started testing an automated strike zone. And the best part about the system may be that ...

Spring training is a place where players can work out some rust and get ready for the long season ahead. But they aren't the ...

The umpires call everything (a ... but they were bad last year.” The data, according to Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune, actually shows MLB umpires were not much worse or much better ...

Major League Baseball is experimenting with the ABS challenge system during spring training in 2025, but there are currently ...

Starting in 2024, MLB focused testing on a challenge system in which the human umpire makes each original call. Data from the spring training test could cause MLB to make alterations to the system ...

The umpire-called zone has generally been more rounded and more lenient to pitchers, with a 55.6% max up top and 24.2% minimum at the bottom. As an example of the impact this can have on a key call, ...