MLB Expands Full-Time Challenge System with Robot Umpires to Triple-A

Jun 18, 2024, 07:28 PM

Major League Baseball (MLB) is expanding its challenge system for balls and strikes to Triple-A, the highest level of minor league baseball. The new system will allow players to challenge ball and strike calls using robot umpires, a move that aims to improve accuracy and fairness in the game. This development follows a memo sent by MLB to all 30 teams, indicating that robot umpires will eventually be used in the major leagues, but only through challenges. The transition to this system in Triple-A is seen as a full-time test before potentially implementing it at the MLB level.