Major League Baseball is expected to use an automated ball-strike system across the Triple-A class during the 2023 season, according to ESPN's Buster Olney. Olney notes that half of the Triple-A contests will be played using the electronic strike zone, and half will be played using a challenge system -- or, for those unaware, a system similar to what is used in professional tennis matches, where competitors can request the aid of technology to correct missed calls.
This won't mark the first time that MLB has turned to so-called "robot umps" at the Triple-A level. Last summer, the Pacific Coast League began using the automated ball-strike system.
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