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Cannot come soon enough. This season in particular has seen way too many poor ball/strike calls.

• ilaksh 5y ago
  Well, it's not actually just one bad season. They did a study over several years using the ball tracking data which MLB has had for a long time, and found that 12 percent of calls were incorrect. This system should have been fully in place many years ago. The fact that the deployment is still dragging along is amazing.
  • spike021 5y ago
    Yeah, of course it's been a historical problem. But there have been at-bats that are just completely eliminated by an umpire either just being awful or making ball/strike calls emotionally. Some this season have been particularly egregious. I think there needs to be a fine line, however. We can keep umpires in some capacity, but still make use of an automated system.