Living, breathing human home plate umpires might keep their jobs longer than anticipated.
Rob Manfred touched on several topics at a news conference following an owners meeting Thursday, but the overarching message from the Major League Baseball commissioner was no one is particularly happy with the automated ball-strike (ABS) system currently used in the minor leagues.
And much like the slow integration of the pitch clock, until the ABS is foolproof, it won’t be promoted to the big leagues.
“One thing we did learn with the changes we went through last year, taking the extra time to make sure you have it right is definitely the best approach,” Manfred said.