{"id":308361,"date":"2025-11-21T09:44:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/5g-technology\/mlb-will-use-robot-umpires-beginning-next-season\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:44:57","slug":"mlb-will-use-robot-umpires-beginning-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=308361","title":{"rendered":"MLB will use robot umpires beginning next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Major League Baseball will use so-called robot umpires at home plate beginning in 2026, the league <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1701640&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fpress-release%2Fpress-release-mlb-announces-abs-challenge-system-coming-to-the-major-leagues-beginning-in-the-2026-season\" rel=\"sponsored\">announced<\/a> today. The system has been tested in minor league games (as explained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GTvP-6QQQKs\">in this video<\/a>, included below), spring training, and events like the 2025 All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) is seen as a fairer, more accurate way to call when a pitch is a ball or a strike, which currently is done by the home plate human umpire. A pitch is a ball when it\u2019s thrown outside the strike zone and a strike when it\u2019s within the zone, but home plate umps are frequently the target of ire when they make bad calls. The strike zone varies for individual players based on their stance and size.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">ABS won\u2019t totally replace human umpires \u2014 it\u2019s only called in when a player challenges an umpire\u2019s call. Each team gets two challenges a game, and the only players who can request an ABS review are the pitcher, catcher, and batter. A team doesn\u2019t lose a challenge if a player requests one and the call is overturned. MLB says the process takes 15 seconds and made sure to note that it \u201cwill certify each player\u2019s official height\u201d to ensure an accurately determined strike zone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Using ABS for challenges feels somewhere in the middle of relying on human umpires and going all-in on an automated system. \u201cThe strong preference from players for the Challenge format over using the technology to call every pitch was a key factor in determining the system we are announcing today,\u201d said baseball commissioner Rob Manfred.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">As <em>The Athletic <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6224826\/2025\/03\/24\/mlb-automated-ball-strike-system-spring-training\/\">reports<\/a>, how players respond to the new system might depend on what position they play or the situation the player is in (if it\u2019s a full count, bases loaded, your strategy is probably going to be different than if it\u2019s a less consequential call). There\u2019s also the more philosophical question of what ultra-precise technology does to a game that is sometimes frustrating for everyone involved: does litigating the last quarter inch of a strike zone make baseball more or less fun? I suspect just about everyone both benefits from and gets screwed by bad calls once in a while, maybe in equal measure. We\u2019ll see how the system feels next season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">In the meantime, MLB released a few interesting statistics from the test during spring training:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major League Baseball will use so-called robot umpires at home plate beginning in 2026, the league announced today. The system has been tested in minor league games (as explained in this video, included below), spring training, and events like the 2025 All-Star Game. 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