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Sources: MLB eyes changes to strike zone, walks
- Updated: May 20, 2016
7:48 PM ET
A new strike zone could be on baseball’s horizon and the old-fashioned intentional walk could be a thing of the past after both were agreed to by the competition committee at Major League Baseball’s owners meetings this week, sources said.
The potentially dramatic changes could be in effect by next season.
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. The current rules stipulate that the zone begins at “the hollow beneath the kneecap,” but the change is a reaction to a trend by umpires to call strikes on an increasing number of pitches below the knees.
If the change agreed to by the competition …
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