At long last, player protest with ball or strike calls can be handled with something other than ineffectual arguing. Beginning with the 2026 MLB season, players will have the power to appeal the ...

ANAHEIM — It is no surprise that Taylor Ward is in favor of the change to the way balls and strikes will be called next season. Ward has had 62 pitches outside the zone called strikes against him this ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Harrison Bader watched a pitch from Erasmo Ramírez go by Thursday afternoon — a called strike from guest umpire Michael Cuddyer — and heard yells of “Challenge! Challenge!” from ...