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

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Batters, pitchers and catchers can challenge a home plate umpire’s ball or strike call. Powered by Hawk-Eye ball-tracking technology, the automated ball-strike system replays the pitch trajectory to ...

Throughout the offseason, the CBS Sports MLB experts will bring you a weekly Batting Around roundtable breaking down pretty ...

Picture Shohei Ohtani suddenly squatting low, or Juan Soto suddenly standing tall, each of which would change the dynamics between what umpires call by the book and what the system would call ...

If you have tuned in for any of the spring training games thus far, you've probably noticed that MLB has started testing an automated strike zone. And the best part about the system may be that ...

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

“Everybody knows that. The umpires call everything (a strike). We want to walk too. But they don’t help us. They help the pitchers. This year I am coming to take a lot of walks. Let’s see if ...

Automated balls and strikes (ABS) are on the horizon for Major League Baseball, and the Cincinnati Reds are bracing for a ...

Fan feedback will also be a thing this spring. MLB will be paying close attention to how fans react to seeing umpires have actual strike calls overturned in actual games played by actual major ...

Home plate umpires tasked with calling balls and strikes know the strike zone parameters in theory, but they often fall short of making perfect calls because, well, they’re human. Past research ...