What did we learn from watching the robot umps — and talking to people throughout the game about ABS — this spring? Let's discuss!
Was the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system novel? Yes, though maybe not to Max Scherzer. Effective? According to the data, ...
Starting in 2024, MLB focused testing on a challenge system in which the human umpire makes each original call. Data from the spring training test could ... the robot alone for the first three ...
Teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot umpires, and catchers had a markedly ...
NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot umpires, and catchers had a markedly better success rate than pitchers.
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The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS), which uses Hawk-Eye technology was rolled up from the minors into the majors for an experimental run.
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Intelligencer on MSNIs This the Last Season Baseball Umpires Really Matter?Baseball has been undergoing some pretty dramatic changes. The sport may still be timeless in a sense, but it is now timed.
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