Walks and game time up, pitches in strike zone down through first full month of MLB's robot umpires
NEW YORK (AP) — Walks are up 7. 3% as pitches in the strike zone dropped markedly and the average time of games increased by 5 minutes through the first full month of Major League Baseball’s initial season with robot umpires. Average attendance increased 2.
8% and the big league batting average went up by one percentage point to . 243. Home runs are being hit at the same rate as last year and stolen bases and success rate dipped.
The Automatic Ball/Strike System has upheld 53. 4% of challenges (1,030 of 1,928), with catchers far more successful than batters. Walks are up from 6.
8 per game through April of last year. Over a full season, the average would be the highest since 2000 and the ninth highest in major league history, but walks have declined since the season's start and averaged 6. 98 per game from April 21-30.
“I think it’s the same thing that happened in the minor leagues. So I don’t think this is unexpected at all," Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said Friday. “I think it’s our job to make those adjustments.
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