For baseball's tallest hitters, robo-umps should bring consistency to a tricky strike zone

San Francisco Giants rookie Bryce Eldridge was logged at 6-foot-7 “and some change,” he said. “I think they told me I’m the tallest guy they’ve measured, position player-wise,” Eldridge said during spring training. The abbreviation for the setup is ABS, but the most important letters when it comes to the change just might be S-I-Z-E — relating to the strike zone for some of the game's tallest players.

By JAY COHEN