Conroy is entering his third year as a crew chief and has been a Major League umpire for 13 1/2 seasons. He had home plate ...

What did we learn from watching the robot umps — and talking to people throughout the game about ABS — this spring? Let's discuss!

An elbow-injury epidemic has become an existential threat to the sport, prompting the M.L.B. to brainstorm new solutions, ...

The sport has seen a flurry of rule adjustments in just the past decade and a half, with more on the horizon. America's ...

Major League Baseball is being dragged ... The Automated Ball-Strike System allows the players closest to the strike zone — the pitcher, catcher and batter — to dispute a call by the home ...

David Festa knew he’d have a longer leash on his pitch count and innings limit this Opening Day compared to a year ago. So he ...

Baseball is full of situations. What gets tricky is when those situations become incidents. This is the language of umpires.

After spring training wraps up next week, MLB’s competition committee will begin collecting data from players, coaches, and ...

There was a point Sunday afternoon when it looked like Joe Boyle might have lost the strike zone. After firing a pair of strikes to Oswaldo Cabrera with one out and a runner on first in the first ...

Justin Verlander was on a minor-league rehab assignment ... they have a little bit of a blind spot in certain places. If you look at the umpires’ strike zone, technically, it’s more of a ...