The idea of weighted-ball training for pitchers to throw faster has been around for more than a half-century. There are studies on the process dating to the late 1960s in the heyday of Bob Gibson, ...
PHOENIX — For more than 150 years, the game of baseball has relied on humans behind home plate to call balls and strikes. This spring, for the first time in Major League history, players will be able ...
On a special episode (first released on March 21, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Technology and tradition are converging this spring training as AI-based umpires are tried out as part of MLB's ...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Technology aiding ball and strike calls in Major League Baseball may not be a matter of if, but when. “I know in the future it’s coming,” Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña ...
NEW YORK (AP) — 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. Major League Baseball ...
Over the past decade, technology has played a greater role in baseball. Instant replay; various ball tracking devices that measure spin rate, movement and velocity; and PitchCom devices relaying pitch ...
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