What we learned from MLB’s spring robot-umpire test: Players, managers, execs weigh in

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Do you miss those robots yet? “It’s crazy,” Rogers said, “because on ABS, you look at the iPad … and half an inch below the zone. In his recent appearance on the Starkville podcast with me and Doug Glanville, Scherzer said one thing he’d like to see is “a buffer zone, maybe around the challenge system. There’s a reason why.” GO DEEPER Trea Turner challenges first pitch of the day from Max Scherzer Max Scherzer would like to see a “buffer zone” incorporated into the ABS challenge system. “You really find out who knows the strike zone and who doesn’t.” So what did we learn about baseball IQ this spring?