Enter Hawk-Eye
According to a memo from MLB’s Executive Vice President Strategy, Technology, And Innovation, Chris Marinak, in a memo to all teams obtained by The Athletic and excerpted elsewhere, a system designed by Hawk-Eye convinced MLB that it had several advantages over Trackman.
"“We expect this next generation system to significantly improve the accuracy and precision of ball and player tracking and unlock new tracking opportunities like bat swing path tracking and player limb tracking.”"
The new system rolls-out on opening day 2020, increases accuracy over Trackman significantly. Errors in the Trackman system aren’t new, and the company adjusted their algorithm to try to compensate, but radar’s shortcomings in this arena are systemic, and the best answer is a return to optical technology.
According to Sarris in the Athletic piece I can’t link here, Trackman worked on a solution but when the time came for bids, elected not to present a proposal.
That’s a wrap
The Atlanta Braves recovered after a disastrous start in LA, helped by some lousy bullpen work in Arizona, a masterful outing from Mike Soroka and a solid start by Julio Teheran.
The bullpen aside from Luke Jackson and Sean Newcomb were awful. We’ve seen Jerry Blevins and Jesse Biddle DFA, and today Jonny Venters was also DFA, ironically replaced by Blevins.
That aside, the lineup remains a productive force, augmented by Riley’s power bat. The continuing struggles of Albies and Camargo get hidden by their results against bad pitching, but a turnaround for both is essential
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