Padres still getting to the bottom (and top) of new, varying strike zone

PEORIA, Ariz. — Major League Baseball first defined a strike zone in the late 1880s, when the game shifted away from a batter ...

USA’s win over Dominican Republic in WBC comes with pair of controversial calls: ‘Not a strike’

Team USA’s win didn’t come without controversy. The United States defeated the Dominican Republic 2-1 at loanDepot park on ...
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Prospect of smaller strike zone proves no hit with pitchers

NEW YORK (AP) — Wade Miley hears the talk about lifting the bottom of the strike zone in an effort to spark offense and insists there has been too much tinkering already. "I don't know why they just ...

For baseball's tallest hitters, robo-umps should bring consistency to a tricky strike zone

PHOENIX (AP) — San Francisco Giants rookie Bryce Eldridge was logged at 6-foot-7 “and some change,” he said. That was the measurement for the slugger for the major leagues' Automated Ball-Strike ...
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MLB’s automated strike zone set to transform baseball in 2026

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Baseball’s technological revolution continues as Major League Baseball officially announced that robot umpires – or more precisely, the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system – ...