For some time now, an automated strike zone -- informally known as the "robo ump" -- has been used at the Triple-A level and on occasion at various other rungs of the minor leagues.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Major League Baseball might test a version of the automated strike zone in major-league spring training next season, commissioner Rob Manfred said Tuesday. If successful, the ...

For Harper, the strike zone will be 19.875 inches tall and start 20.5 inches off the ground. For a shorter player, like 5-9 Rafael Marchan, the strike zone would be 18.285 inches tall and start 18 ...

MLB has used an automated strike zone in the minors since 2019, though there are two types of systems. One system is used by umpires on every pitch while the other system gives teams two or three ...

Major League Baseball may be inching closer to using an automated strike zone. On Tuesday during his All-Star game press conference, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said the league could experiment ...

Automated strike zone challenge system an MLB ‘possibility’ by 2026: Rob Manfred By . Mark W. Sanchez. Published July 16, 2024, 8:00 p.m. ET.

The automated strike zone will stay the same width for each player — 17 inches across, the width of home plate. Its height will change based on how tall the batter is.

In the clip, we could see that Yu Darvish's called strike out was challenged during live batting practice and overturned to a ball. The process was quick and honestly so cool to see.

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.

During 2025 spring training, MLB has adopted the Automated Ball-Strike system minor league teams have been using. So far, it seems to have been a success, with only minor interruptions to gameplay ...

The automated strike zone will only be used in ballparks equipped with Statcast. CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches is not one of them, forcing Diaz to fix his biggest problem of an otherwise ...

MLB tested out an automated strike zone during the Arizona Fall League this fall. For several weeks from October through the first half of November, ...