San Francisco, CA - August 20, 2016 - AT&T Park: Buster Posey (28) of the San Francisco Giants and home plate umpire Mark Carlson during a regular season game (Photo by Scott Clarke / ESPN Images)
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred addressed the issue of robot umpires one day calling balls and strikes on the field, telling reporters Thursday in New York that the technology must further improve.
“Look, the technology of calling balls and strikes without a human being involved has continued to improve,” Manfred said, according to USA Today. “Sandy Alderson started us down the path of reviewing balls and strikes via technology after the fact.