From 1969-87, the strike zone went from the batter's armpits to the top of the knees. This strike zone was implemented, along with the lowering of the mound from 15 inches to 10 inches, in response to ...

PHOENIX — Arizona Diamondbacks closer Paul Sewald knows that — in theory — Major League Baseball’s new Automated Ball-Strike system shouldn’t favor batters or pitchers. In practice, he thinks one side ...

While baseball data usually focuses on player matchups, the historical record between certain teams and umpires reveals staggering disparities. Across 4,641 team-umpire pairings, historical win rates ...

The strike zone as called by MLB umpires has long differed in practice from the rulebook definition of the strike zone. But this year, it’s become a different problem. It used to be that umpires’ ...

Is this the year baseball raises the strike zone? Is it the year the sport does away with the practice of lobbing four balls toward home plate to issue an intentional walk? Major League Baseball has ...

The introduction of Major League Baseball’s automated balls and strikes challenge system was expected to change the sport in 2026. For the entire history of the game, players and managers had ...

A batter absorbing a called strike outside the zone without pushing back is the rarest and most complete win a catcher can manufacture. It means the framing was convincing enough to discourage the ...

Pitchers are reckoning with a smaller, moving strike zone as a result of ABS, and walking more batters as a result. Frank Jansky / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The strike zone is baseball’s sacred ...