Joe West

Guest

2022

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.500

AVG

1.000

SLG

8.6K

SHU

-0.14

TVOA

—

SHRP

—

BNKRL

STRK

0.0

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Take Slip·May 2, 2022

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Joe West

Robotic umpires are less accurate than human umpires

The biggest problem with this K-Zone system is it's not exactly accurate. ... They grade the umpires on a machine for home plate every game. ... We didn't have a single umpire—not one umpire—that scored under 95%. ... They already know [the robotic computer] misses 7% of the pitches. We don't have an umpire missing five.

Fact Claim Baseball Hot Subjective

While West cites specific percentages, the debate over ABS (Automated Ball-Strike System) accuracy vs. top human umpires is ongoing and data-dependent, making this a contested fact claim.

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Take Slip·May 2, 2022

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Joe West

The Universal DH is a bad rule that will slow the game down

This designated hitter's going to slow down the game because—and I've said this before—if Tom Seaver threw more than nine pitches to the seventh, eighth, and ninth hitter... in the old National League, they would go right after [them]. In the American League, they didn't go right after [the DH]. ... It's going to slow the game down.

Opinion Baseball Medium

While the DH technically adds more competitive hitters, MLB implemented a pitch clock in 2023 which significantly reduced game times, making the pace of play argument more about the clock than the DH.