Pirates 3rd baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes was once displeased with a clash name on Sunday and his criticism was once compounded via the reaction he were given from the umpire. Hayes took to social media to show what came about between him and residential plate umpire Invoice Miller in Pittsburgh’s 5-2 loss to the Braves.

“Some umpires really don’t care,” Hayes posted. “Deny responsibility. Carry the ABS please @MLB.”

The decision was once a nice-looking wicked pass over via Miller (you can see the video here). I’m no longer getting to get labored up concerning the reaction Miller had, consistent with Hayes, as Miller wouldn’t have had a anticipation to look at the replay on video and was once most certainly simply looking to worth playfulness to fracture any stress, however the overlooked name was once a subject needless to say. 

ABS is computerized ball-strike device and it’s necessarily “robot” umpiring for balls and moves most effective. It’s impaired within the minors up via Triple-A in this day and age, although Primary League Baseball hasn’t proven willingness to exit issues to the big-league degree simply but. 

It’s undoubtedly significance a dialogue. Umpires are tasked with calling balls and moves with their bare seeing and don’t get that sq./rectangle like tv audience do. When the pitches are coming upward of 100 miles according to year along with in poor health breaking stuff — to not point out how just right catchers are at framing in this day and age — it’s extremely tricky for any human being to completely name a clash zone. It’s cheap to consider that if we have now the generation, we will have to worth it to get the balls and moves proper. 

It sounds as if Mr. Hayes is on board and he’s most certainly no longer isolated amongst MLB avid gamers, although he’s some of the first to be so vocal about it publicly.