That buffer zone should have been described as 2 inches on all sides of the plate, just off the strike zone, not 2 inches on all sides of the plate, both inside and outside the strike zone.

It wouldn’t be fair to describe the joint article from Jayson Stark, Ken Rosenthal and Eno Sarris about the “shrinking” MLB strike zone as a bombshell. It’s a fascinating and necessary ...

Where umpires used to have a “buffer zone” around the strike zone that gave them a couple of inches to work with in the way they were graded, that has now shrunk significantly. Though the zone ...

Amid a series of complaints from players about the strike zone so far this season, MLB has denied that changes were made to the size of the zone. In a statement to The Athletic's Jayson Stark ...

Major League Baseball’s recent adjustment to the strike zone has sparked frustration among players, including San Francisco Giants pitcher Logan Webb and Los Angeles Angels catcher Travis d ...

Where umpires used to have a “buffer zone” around the strike zone that gave them a couple inches to work with in the way they were graded, that has now shrunk significantly. Though the zone ...

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MLB’s change? Shrinking the strike zone. Home-plate umpires have long been judged with a two-inch “buffer zone,” which essentially gave them that much leeway when it came to being judged on ...

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