Robot Umpires Set to Revolutionize Baseball: Will 2026 Mark the End of Human Calls?
You gotta love baseball’s never-ending quest to perfect the game—even something as dicey as the strike zone. Detroit’s ace, Tarik Skubal, sums it up pretty well: he’s wired to see every pitch as a strike until the umpire drops the “ball” verdict. That old-school confidence hits head-on with the new high-tech wrinkle: MLB’s automated ball-strike system, brewing in the minors since 2019 and ready to make its big-league debut in this summer’s All-Star Game. Teams get two shot-calls to challenge those calls, keeping the challenge if they nail the appeal — talk about changing the game on the fly.
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