MLB has modified the evaluation process for home plate umpires, reducing the buffer zone for calls from two inches to three-quarters of an inch. This change aims to align umpire decisions more closely with the rulebook strike zone, responding to feedback from players and clubs. The early results show an improvement in overall call accuracy to 88.2 percent, the highest since Statcast began recording five years ago. Observations from players indicate that there has been a noticeable increase in the number of strikes being incorrectly called as balls.
If you think your team's pitchers have been getting less strike calls on pitches just off the plate, you might not be crazy.
MLB has changed how its home plate umpires are evaluated on their calls of balls and strikes by shrinking the strike zone.
The overall correct-call percentage through the start of this season is at 88.2 percent - the most accurate since Statcast began tracking pitches 10 years ago.
There were like 300 or so strikes that were called balls last year compared to 550 this year at the same point in time.
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