MLB has been experimenting with the automated ball-strike ... zone. He said it’s not a perfect system yet, but it has a lot of potential. “Some things need to be worked out on the network ...

Manfred has to negotiate a new contract with MLB umpires this offseason as well, the previous one signed in 2019 is set to expire, and the automated strike zone is a part of those negotiations.

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2025 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 24, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com ... Though Whisenhunt struggled with the smaller strike zone ...

MLB tested the ball-and-strike challenge system in the Arizona Fall League and announced that it would be tested in Spring ...

Gerrit Cole went into the 2024 season on top of the MLB pitching world ... particularly outside the strike zone. Still, Cole has been one of the elite pitchers in the game for the last seven ...