Miami Marlins outfielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. was frustrated after he was rung up for strike three by home plate umpire Rob Drake on a pitch that was well outside the zone during Monday's game against the New York Mets.
Jazz has a good point with this call pic.twitter.com/nCAZiHhNjn https://t.co/q0NMt8jrxX
— Barstool Baseball (@StoolBaseball) July 23, 2024
Chisholm posted a robot emoji on X following Miami's 6-4 loss, indicating his preference for an automated strike zone.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said during last week's All-Star break that an automated strike zone could be a possibility by the 2026 season. The league plans to test it during spring training before determining if it will implement the system for regular-season games.
The system has been in place at Triple-A since the start of the 2022 season. Umpires are still present behind the plate, determining balls and strikes. However, teams are given the opportunity to challenge those calls with high-speed cameras capturing the correct location of the pitch and determining if the call will be upheld or overturned.
