CLEVELAND, Ohio — In a surprising twist that baseball purists might never have predicted, many Major League Baseball umpires have gone from resisting automated strike zones to actively embracing them.

The 2025 MLB season was an extremely difficult one for umpires, with social media and websites such as Umpire Scorecards regularly holding officiating crews accountable for poor — and often egregious ...

One bad call can change everything. The Philadelphia Phillies learned that in a tough way in Game 4 of the NLDS. Home plate umpire Mark Wegner missed an important strike call, leaving fans at Citizens ...

Let’s get one thing established off the bat: the Philadelphia Phillies did not lose the NLDS because of poor umpiring, not when the Phillies dropped three games by a combined four runs. However, ...