While San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello entertained the idea of calling pitches from the bench, as he did at ...

Last September when the Marlins announced that they would be calling pitches from the dugout, the baseball world didn't hold back its questions. What would be the process? Was it micromanaging? Would ...

A pitching coach has access to a much larger set of information than a catcher can bring with them onto the field. It follows that decisions made in the dugout are more likely to be optimal, ...

MLB The Show” saw its realism peak thanks to Marlins right-hander Chris Paddack on Saturday afternoon. Paddack jokingly ...

Baseball is a pastime laced with tradition, but it can also be an ambiguous sport. Did a pitcher throw strike three, or did it just miss the corner of the zone? So far, that decision has hinged on the ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Marlins are planning to have one of their coaches call every pitch from the dugout this season. That also will be true for their minor league teams. The Rockies will experiment ...

One of the most difficult parts of dealing with a major swath of injured players is having to replace output on the floor. While a “next man... Collegiate baseball programs across the country are ...

The Miami Marlins and possibly the Colorado Rockies are flirting with the idea of calling pitches from the bench during games, taking that responsibility off their catchers. The Marlins appear to be ...

Pitch calling devices, once banned from professional baseball, are now standard equipment across Major League Baseball and increasingly common at college and high school levels. This shift represents ...