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.
The move paves the way for one of the most radical changes in major-league history: so-called robot umps making ball-strike calls in real games. MLB is currently testing a challenge system instead ...
Fans and players are divided on whether they like the idea of robots impacting games. If approved by the MLB competition committee, the technology could be implemented as early as 2026.
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