Interesting look at the pitch challenge system in AAA. Hard to say how this would work in the bigs. AAA zone is BS. Another way to "juice" offense, but I don't think walks are gonna be a draw for casual fans. I also was surprised that the challenge system worked as efficiently as it did, and of course they limit the challenges, but I still wonder if you'd end up wrecking advances in "pace of play" they've seen this year. #baseball #milb #strikezone

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/31/sports/robo-umpiring-has-arrived-minor-leagues-heres-how-its-been-working/

What is a strike? Computers, umpires disagree :

big league umpires usually don't call strikes on pitches that clip the bottom of the three-dimensional zone's front or the top of the back, making the actual strike zone more of an oval than a cube.
#batter #MLB #pitch #pitcher #strikezone #umpire
#Miami #news

https://kbindependent.org/?p=9953

Yes. One step closer to yeeting Vic Carapazza into the sun.
#Baseball #AAA #MLB #RobotUmps #Umpires #BlueJays #StrikeZone
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35434317