The thing i don't like about it is that you can no longer work the pitch count. You almost HAVE to swing at anything close to the zone.
I used to be able to work the count, online and offline, to about 15-20 pitches per inning.
Now I'm lucky to get 10-12 per inning.
Plus, now you can almost throw everything in the dirt and you'll get bailed out more often than not.
I agree with the fact that you cannot really work the count anymore. People are saying that the only thing that changed was that the size of the actual strike zone has gotten smaller, but everything else is the same. If this is true, why not allow the player to choose which style strike zone they want to use?
In the MLB umpires are not calling every pitch that is a strike an actual strike. Yes, I am aware of the challenges, but teams can only get it wrong twice. So players shouldn’t challenge a first strike, or certain situations. Anyway, my last point was if this is to make it more “realistic,” not every strike is called a strike in the MLB.