We talk about this and we say, "Oh, well, this is gonna eliminate framing entirely." And I'm curious about your experience, with that perspective, because I've also heard some theories that you could, ...

A new wrinkle thrown at every Major League Baseball team ahead of the 2026 season was how to handle the ABS Challenge System that was set to be implemented. Younger players had experience with it ...

A batter absorbing a called strike outside the zone without pushing back is the rarest and most complete win a catcher can manufacture. It means the framing was convincing enough to discourage the ...

Royals catcher Salvador Perez’s three consecutive AL gold gloves prove that his peers recognize him as one of the best defensive catchers in the game. However, the art of framing pitches to help his ...

I don't think that catcher framing is leaving the game. At the end of the day, the umpire's still making a call, and then somebody has to challenge. It's like, there's plenty, as a hitter or a catcher ...

After four years of experimentation in the minor leagues, MLB will allow teams to challenge umpires’ ball-strike calls based on the results of an automated system. The challenges are limited in number ...

Some years ago now, Major League Baseball installed cameras in all the ballparks, super-duper cameras (or maybe radars) that measured the precise speed and location of every pitch from the pitcher’s ...