As Major League Baseball kicks off its new season, SportTechie is offering its preview of the top technology storylines for the next seven months, from first pitch on Opening Day to last out of the World Series, with an assist to MLB executive vice president for strategy, technology and innovation, Chris Marinak, who appeared on the SportTechie podcast earlier this week.
The hottest button on-field issue raised this offseason was the sport’s pace of play. After the average length of a nine-inning game crept up to a record 3:05 last season — with all-time highs of pitches per plate appearance and pitchers per game — the league opened discussions with the players association about rule changes to speed everything up.