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MYSTERIOUS: Mlb could test automated strike zone challenge system during 2025 spring training - What They Never Told You

Feb 15, 2024; Tampa, FL, USA; MLB commissioner Rob Manfred talks with media at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports | Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports

Major League Baseball may be inching closer to using an automated strike zone.

On Tuesday during his All-Star game press conference, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said the league could experiment with an automated strike zone challenge during spring training in 2025. That would potentially set the table for the system to be fully implemented in 2026. Manfred did say it was "viable" that an automatic strike zone could be in place by 2026 but that it hasn't been decided yet.

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