The Atlanta Braves ace couldn't have been any clearer with his thoughts on using the new system MLB will introduce this ...

Balks are called by an umpire. Mostly, they are called because of actions that might deceive the batter and baserunners. Also, balks can be called for specific actions that are against rules intended ...

One of Major League Baseball’s balk rules came into play on Sunday afternoon when Padres pitcher Logan Gillaspie was called for back-to-back balks in the first inning. The two calls ended up driving ...

The Norfolk Tides got dunked on this week by an unexpected foe — the weather. Norfolk (Triple-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles) faced off on Tuesday against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Triple-A ...

Major League Baseball intends to be more strict with its balk rules starting in the 2023 season, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. "We have slipped a little bit centrally with calling the rulebook ...

A catcher cannot be charged with a balk under official baseball rules because balks apply only to the pitcher. However, a catcher’s actions can indirectly cause a balk to be called on the pitcher in ...

In the first 303 appearances of Marlins pitcher Richard Bleier’s career he had never been called for a balk. That changed in a big way Tuesday when three balks were called on Bleier ... while he was ...

A California high school baseball team is livid after losing a regional final on a very controversial balk call. Bakersfield Christian High School lost Saturday’s Division III regional championship on ...

On Tuesday afternoon, we got an interesting new wrinkle associated with the pitch clock coming to Major League Baseball in 2023. As it turns out, a lot of pitchers will not only need to work more ...