the strike zone
noun
baseball
: the area over home plate where the baseball must pass after it is pitched in order to be called a strike
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Caglianone took his lumps — most noticeably charted by his chase rate outside the strike zone — in short order.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
This, if gone unchecked or unaccounted for, can lead to a lack of execution, less command in the strike zone and a higher walk rate because of it.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Years ago, Major League Baseball had a crisis in which umpires notoriously had their own versions of the strike zone for batters.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Over the course of the 18-year history of pitch tracking, only five teams have seen their pitching staffs pitch more in the strike zone at home than the Royals have.
—Eno Sarris, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
This, if gone unchecked or unaccounted for, can lead to a lack of execution, less command in the strike zone and a higher walk rate because of it.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Years ago, Major League Baseball had a crisis in which umpires notoriously had their own versions of the strike zone for batters.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Over the course of the 18-year history of pitch tracking, only five teams have seen their pitching staffs pitch more in the strike zone at home than the Royals have.
—Eno Sarris, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
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“The strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20strike%20zone. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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