{"id":52790,"date":"2022-01-31T19:58:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T00:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=52790"},"modified":"2022-10-23T08:53:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T12:53:31","slug":"which-red-sox-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/01\/31\/which-red-sox-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Players Most Affected by Robo-Umps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For the entirety of its’ extensive history, baseball has had the element of human error intertwined in the game. Home plate umpires in particular are in charge of calling each pitch that comes across the plate.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It’s not easy being a home plate ump. Throughout history, they’ve been public enemy number one all over the globe. They’ve been yelled at, had dirt kicked on them, bumped, had their intellect questioned many times, but yet remained a mainstay in baseball.<\/p>\n

With that said, the era of humans calling balls and strikes may be coming to an end. According to reports, robot umpires will be used at home plate in at least one division in Triple-A ball during the 2022 season.<\/p>\n

What is a Robo-Ump?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

That is a great question. Before we dive into the experiment, let’s clear up what exactly this is. An automated strike zone or Automated Ball and Strike (ABS) is a system that aides home plate umpires and tells them whether to call a ball or strike based on the pitch’s location. The zone for ABS is a preset strike zone that begins at 28% of a hitter’s height and moves up to 56% (or the bottom of the knee to the top of the zone, just above the belt.<\/p>\n

Here’s a bit more on how ABS works, and what it will look like:<\/p>\n