A brief moment of venting under one umpire can become a total explosion under another. Which is why situation management has its own dedicated section of the curriculum at MLB Umpire Prospect ...
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says robot umpires could be used as early as the 2026 regular season but feedback from players and teams needs to be gathered and analyzed before a decision is made.
That one positive is an increase in offense. This spring, MLB teams averaged a higher number of runs per game (10.3) and overall batting average (.257) than in 2024 (9.8 and .253, respectively).
With the Cubs and Diamondbacks going final, all of MLB's Opening Day slate has come ... behind late clutch homers from Randy Arozarena and Jorge Polanco. Andrés Muñoz notched his first save ...
borderline strike calls from umpires, the players prevailed – but ... makes that increase even more statistically insignificant. Follow every MLB game: Latest MLB scores, stats, schedules ...
The recently retired umpire Jim Reynolds, now MLB’s umpire supervisor, tells a story that illustrates what a hall of mirrors ball-and-strike calling has become: “I had one conversation with a ...
MLB's Opening Day kicked off the 2025 season with a bang across the league, some in more parks than others. There's good news, great performances, and no shortage of dingers. Here's the best of ...