Commissioner Rob Manfred, in a recent interview with Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, talked about the possibility of an automated strike zone:
Manfred: The difficulty with the strike zone is that when you talk to really good baseball people, you get vastly different predictions as to what you're going to get if you make a change. That always makes me nervous. ...
Rosenthal: So it's hard to change . . .
Manfred: I wouldn't say it that way. I think with the technology we have, we've shown that you can adjust the strike zone through our evaluation system.