Snyder's Soapbox: The strike zone is the strike zone, even in the ABS era (and especially then)

Welcome to Snyder's Soapbox! Here, I pontificate about matters related to Major League Baseball on a weekly basis. Some of the topics will be pressing matters, some might seem insignificant in the ...
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Catchers used to learn the umpire. With robo-umps, now they’re studying Jose Altuve and Aaron Judge

Catchers in every MLB camp are now preparing for individual hitters, as the strike zone is going to be different from batter to batter. Cliff Welch / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images CLEARWATER, Fla. ...
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Padres still getting to the bottom (and top) of new, varying strike zone

PEORIA, Ariz. — Major League Baseball first defined a strike zone in the late 1880s, when the game shifted away from a batters’ ability to call for a “high,” “low” or “fair” pitch at the start of a ...