Veteran MLB umpire Mike Muchlinski ... Cruz’s 2-2 pitch was an 81-mph changeup down and away that appeared to just barely miss the strike zone. Padres catcher Brett Sullivan felt the borderline ...

Umpires first began calling both balls and strikes way back in 1864, and baseballers have been arguing about those calls ever ...

One big change for the St. Louis Cardinals’ spring training experience this year is the arrival of an automated ball-strike ...

A challenge must be made within 2 seconds, and the graphic of the pitch and strike zone will be shown on the scoreboard and broadcast feed. The umpire then announces the updated count. MLB estimates ...

Scherzer said he and other players were more interested in deploying an ABS challenge system to eliminate "egregious" ball and strike calls, rather than to get every home plate umpire's strike ...

Home plate umpire ... San Diego 2–0 heading into the eighth inning. The ABS challenge system allows pitchers, catchers and hitters on each team to challenge at least two ball/strike calls ...