I agree there are some. Saquon was power cleaning 400 back at PSU. I just disagree with the phrasing of regularly. I'm big into Olympic weightlifting where squat numbers are followed closely and I know the time and effort required to put 4 plates on each side of a bar.
I'd be singing a different tune if he were making some loud outs, if he'd been robbed of a few hits...but man, he just can't do anything at the plate. Like, that batting average really resembles just how bad he's been.
IIRC, robot umpires have been used in the minors since 2019, that's 5 years ago. And right now, we're not anywhere perceptibly close to seeing robot umps in the majors. We talk about it on here, but I don't think there have been any reports about whispers of it coming to the majors anytime soon.
Making changes on a wide scale like this are never that simple in a big business. We like to think it is, but it's not...it's not so simple as to just say robot umpires are coming in 2025...no, they've got to set it all up, run through batteries of tests, make sure the tech works flawlessly in all of the ballparks, probably make sure that tech plays nicely with all of the replay software they use in NYC when someone challenges a call...and a bunch other things we don't think of because we're not deep in the weeds with it.
Last, but certainly not least, dealing with the umpire union and the hell they're going to raise over it. That's probably the biggest hurdle of them all.
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