In other words, the system could place a pitch that was one-tenth inside the strike zone four-tenths of an inch outside the strike zone. The likely outcomes, MLB officials say, are not that extreme.

It appears the future of Major League Baseball will include an automated strike zone system. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN's Don Van Natta Jr. that robot umpires "will likely be ...

Major League Baseball will experiment with the strike zone challenge system at the game's highest level next year during spring training. Commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed the news on Monday ...