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In 2026, MLB began a challenge system for the "robot umpire." Out of over 10,000 challenges in one season, 54% of the calls ...

Having started as the Opening Day shortstop, Caballero eventually returned to a familiar role. Talk Sox launches a new payroll tool for 2027. Fans can build rosters, trade players, and argue over the ...

Jimmy O’Brien: I don’t think the fan nor Major League Baseball—and Rob Manfred has said this—realized how much of an entertainment spectacle it was going to be in stadium to have the big board show up ...

C.B. Bucknor was behind the plate for the first time in the era of robot umpires, and Major League Baseball’s oldest human official was struggling. On six separate occasions on that March afternoon, ...

In baseball, a borderline pitch is more likely to be called a strike when the batter has three balls and no strikes than when the count is no balls and two strikes. The official strike zone hasn't ...