Every baseball game every night includes pitch sorcery like nothing we have seen before. The average major league pitcher throws harder than ever (an average of 94.0 mph on two- and four-seam ...

Editor’s note: A previous version of this article and an accompanying chart misstated the dimensions of the “buffer zone” used to evaluate umpires before this year. That buffer zone should have been ...

SEATTLE — The current MLB strike zone has been in place since 1996. The zone itself has remained unchanged for a generation, but there have been adjustments to rules and protocols that have changed ...

MLB fans got a taste of the automated balls & strikes (ABS) system during Spring Training 2025. Now, it’ll be coming to regular-season and postseason games in 2026. The league announced on September ...

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred cited a unique “unscientific system” that makes him think the top level of baseball is ready for strike zone replay. Talking to Evan Drellich of The Athletic, Manfred said ...