The robo ump could cause a unexpected casualty: the TV strike zone box
MLB is weighing options to dramatically reduce or remove the ubiquitous broadcast strike-zone box as part of bringing the ...
Rays Catcher Boldly Challenges Umpire's Call Way Out of Strike Zone
Tampa Bay Rays catcher Ben Rortvedt tried to pull a fast one on MLB's new Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system on ...
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What is the new MLB ABS challenge system? Baseball hopes to finally get it right this time
In order to prevent batters from gaming the system, switching up their batting stances in order to create a smaller strike zone, MLB now defines the strike zone’s upper limit as 53.5 percent of ...
Automated strike zone could benefit Astros’ Yainer Diaz and Isaac Paredes
Diaz’s inability to steal strikes and Paredes’ perpetual victimization by poor umpiring would, at the very least, be ...
Lars Nootbaar welcomes new robo-zone (of course), but stumps to keep umps behind plate
Cardinals outfielder, who has a keen sense of the strike zone, wins team's first challenge of the ABS era, but says he's 'not ...