Mariners’ Jurrangelo Cijntje is MLB’s best ‘switch pitching’ prospect ever, and he’s blowing minds
The Seattle Mariners drafted pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje out of Mississippi State with the No. 15 overall pick in the 2024 MLB ...
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Major League Baseball is testing out a new robot umpire system
Major League Baseball is testing a new system that allows players to challenge a home plate umpire's call ... He's a former MLB player and an analyst for ESPN.
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MLB umpire Quinn Wolcott hilariously needed multiple tries to get the call right at first base
That applies to umpires too, apparently, as MLB ump Quinn Wolcott had an internal dialogue play out in the middle of a call. During Tuesday's Cactus League game between the Angels and Rangers ...
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Umpire Drops Perfect Self-Deprecating Joke Over the Mic After Ball-Strike Challenge
Home plate umpire Mike Muchlinski surprised even himself ... t agree and tapped his helmet to refute the call and utilize MLB's new ABS challenge system that is debuting in spring training.
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Robot umpires are getting their first MLB test during spring training
Starting in 2024, MLB focused testing on a challenge system in which the human umpire makes each original call. Data from the spring training test could cause MLB to make alterations to the system ...
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Rays Catcher Boldly Challenges Umpire's Call Way Out of Strike Zone
The pitch tracker on MLB's Gameday agreed with the umpire and ABS that the seventh pitch of the at-bat was far above the strike zone. But to be fair, Orze did get Chisholm to chase a fastball high ...