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Frustrated Todd Frazier wants to meet with commissioner Rob Manfred over strike zone

NEW YORK -- Mets third baseman Todd Frazier is asking for a meeting with baseball commissioner Rob Manfred over his growing frustration with the way umpires are calling balls and strikes.

Frazier argued with home plate umpire Lance Barrett while New York was three-hit in a 7-0 loss to Atlanta on Wednesday night, then criticized umpiring around the majors after the game.

"I'd like to sit down with Manfred or anybody at MLB and talk to them about it, because it's rubbing everybody the wrong way," Frazier said. "You have to be better than that.