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

It was the top of the third inning during Friday’s matchup between the Phillies and the Boston Red Sox. With two outs and the ...

One of the biggest adjustments is that the zone called by umpires isn't a rectangle and tends to bulge in the middle. MLB research also found that the human strike zone tightens from 550 square ...

Technological advances that lead to fairer, more accurate calls are often seen as triumphs. But new technology doesn’t mean ...

It's a meld of robotic precision and human oversight, a compromise allowing a limited number of challenges per game to ensure accuracy in the strike zone ... For more MLB insight, tune into ...

MLB officials have said that 51% of challenges ... sailed straight through the middle of the strike zone. The shortstop tapped his helmet, making good on a pregame bet with his teammates.

During 2025 spring training, MLB has adopted the Automated Ball-Strike ... of pinpointing where the ball was in relation to the strike zone as it crosses the plate. It is similar to the line ...

Nick Martinez talks about attacking the strike zone and challenging batters in his spring start against the Rangers ...

Each day can only have one “first down champ,” but Martinez is plenty pleased with his staff’s aggression in the zone.