MLB Could Start Using , Robot Umpires by 2024.<br />MLB Could Start Using , Robot Umpires by 2024.<br />The Verge reports that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred recently told ESPN that the league intends to soon introduce robot umpires to the game.<br />The Verge reports that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred recently told ESPN that the league intends to soon introduce robot umpires to the game.<br />Known as the "Automated Ball-Strike System," <br />Manfred hopes the technology will speed up games.<br />Known as the "Automated Ball-Strike System," <br />Manfred hopes the technology will speed up games.<br />It's not yet known if the MLB will use the fully-automated <br />version of the system or if it will be used more as a <br />review system such as the Hawk-Eye is used in tennis.<br />It's not yet known if the MLB will use the fully-automated <br />version of the system or if it will be used more as a <br />review system such as the Hawk-Eye is used in tennis.<br />The Verge reports robot umpires have been in use at minor league games for a couple years.<br />This season, they've also <br />been used at Triple-A games.<br />Currently, umpires are told via an earpiece if a pitch is a ball or strike and the umpire relays the call out loud. .<br />In theory, this should make the <br />game quicker and more accurate.<br />But players have had to make <br />adjustments since the automated system <br />tends to call more strikes than humans.<br />The Verge reports that if the <br />technology becomes commonplace in the MLB.<br />younger people, who have increasingly shorter attention spans these days, might be attracted to the sport
