Is the strike zone a three dimensional cube or a one way street?

that counter-intuitive that suck? man I need to spellcheck..

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guy on the new BPodcast suggested that lefty batters regularly get pitches a couple inches outside called strikes, bcz of how home plate umps position themselves.

Neyer on the current and future strike zone (and automation)

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/strike-zone-umpires-automation-automatic-computer-hal-questec-091214

http://www.hardballtimes.com/the-strike-zone-expansion-is-out-of-control

Amazing work there. It gives me hope that people will see the so-called steroid era for what it was -- a period of increased offense not much different from others in baseball history.

Schoenfield wrote a post about their research on espn, the correlation between the drop-off in offense and the start of the Pitch f/x era (as opposed to the initiation of PED testing) is eye-opening.

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/52604/the-strike-zone-is-still-getting-bigger

those low strikes should've been getting called before, tbh now that hitters are getting better at hitting low pitches it doesn't really seem off to me.

the problem is they're still calling those gd unhittable inside pitches strikes. i still see it every game. the strike zone was off before but at least the offness was balanced.

I seem to remember that 20-25 years ago, pitchers used to get the low strike all the time, as well as a couple more inches on the outside corner. Then there was a push to start calling the high strike more often (anything more than 4 inches above the belt was being called a ball) and the entire strike zone shifted upwards.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15633876/mlb-competition-committee-agrees-changes-strike-zone-intentional-walks

The committee agreed on a motion to effectively raise the lower part of the strike zone to the top of the hitter's knees, sources said.

NO.

The change in the intentional-walk rule would end the traditional practice of requiring the pitcher to lob four balls outside the strike zone. Instead, a team could signify it wants to issue an intentional walk, and the hitter would be immediately sent to first base, sources said.

OK.

Anything that was good enough for Vladimir Guerrero should be a strike.

i'll miss the annual minor league walk-off intentional-walk wild pitch, but okay

top of the knees is too high

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw0w9rhNtCk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6YzVvtxoaY

uh oh; unintended consequences...

http://www.sbnation.com/2017/2/7/14531960/mlb-strike-zone-changes-rules-chaos

i kinda feel like the entire strike zone should be higher (rather than just raising the bottom edge) but yeah it would definitely fuck with people. every young pitcher's mantra is 'keep the ball down in the zone'

Jeff Sullivan:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/is-mlb-already-shrinking-the-strike-zone/

Nate Freiman (former Athletic/Red Sock) did a nice presentation at the Saberseminar on how the strike zone gets "better" as you rise in the minors (more consistent, and better for the hitters to learn). And here's his Fangraphs adaptation of it:

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-minor-league-strike-zone-is-objectively-different/

^^^ did not go to uconn

I mean umps get promoted too. Sort of related:

when the NFL refs went on strike some wise galaxy brain said something like “the best refs in the world are in the nfl and the second best refs in the world aren’t available because they’re being paid by the SEC.” which is why high school and juco refs cocked shit up in the pros for a month

Jacob Heyward tossed in an Arizona Fall League game for arguing balls and strikes called by a robot umpire. pic.twitter.com/toO2OrXXCe

— Chad Baker (@ChadBlue_) October 16, 2019

https://theathletic.com/1344428/2019/11/05/automated-strike-zone-to-debut-in-minor-league-baseball-in-2020-rob-manfred-says/