He is revered by Bailey and the current cohort of major-league catchers as the godfather of pitch framing — a skill that always existed but hadn’t been quantified and fully leveraged until ...

He took a moment to gather his opinion. The ABS challenge system hurts catchers who rely on pitch framing to steal strikes on borderline pitches that are just outside the strike zone. For example ...

With Austin Wells firmly entrenched as the Yankees’ starting catcher, the backup role is wide open heading into the final ...

Toronto catcher Alejandro Kirk attempted to frame the pitch into the zone so as to entice home-plate umpire Roberto Ortiz to call it a strike, but Ortiz was not fooled. Scherzer, however ...

Pitch framing may soon be frivolous, but the Houston Astros can’t count on such a scenario. It is a focus across these six weeks in South Florida. Only two qualified catchers had worse framing ...

The ABS challenge system is being tested this spring as MLB ponders a wider plunge. But it could erase pitch framing, one of ...

And Escarra does not believe the ABS will decrease the value of catcher framing. “How many pitches do I catch in a game? Probably 150, 200,” Escarra said. “So those are just some that I can ...