MLB changed its evaluation of umpires, leading to fewer called strikes on edges of zone, per report

CBS Sports ^ | 05/01/2025 | Mike Axisa

[TexasKamaAina]

For the past two decades, umpires were working with a "buffer zone" that gave them 2 inches of leeway — on all sides of the plate, inside and outside the strike zone — when they were graded on how accurately they called balls and strikes.

Now, however, that buffer zone has shrunk, from 2 inches on all sides to just three-quarters of an inch on all sides

[Repeal The 17th]

[alternatives?]

Now a pitcher has to be in for 3 batters, pitch clock, rules on where you place fielders, base runner at second in extra innings, Unbalanced schedules, designated hitters, etc.

[moviefan8]

How will this affect Frank Drebin when he calls a baseball game?

[Repeal The 17th]

So happy you chose to post here about
something you don’t care about!
Thanks!

[dfwgator]

I’d rather watch the Savannah Bananas.

[dfwgator]

Liam Neeson is playing Frank Drebin Jr. in the new Naked Gun movie.

[moviefan8]

I hope that movie is good.

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I explain the why. If you don’t like the why, you don’t have to comment.

[Repeal The 17th]

YOU: “I quit caring a long time ago.”
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ME: “Apparently not.”

[stylin19a]

So if Greg Maddux played today he would win, what, 150 games lifetime ?

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I comment on Hillary but I care not.

[dfwgator]

Have you seen the preview?

[moviefan8]

I saw the trailer once a while ago. I think it was on television.

[BarbM]

Agreed. It's overdue.
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But what about all the games that were won or lost on a bad call from the umpire? We can't go back and redo all those games. I say we stay with the human game of baseball with human umps (are these ump machines programmed like voting machines? How do you fix the game?)

[TexasFreeper2009]

why not just have AI make all the calls perfectly every time