This season, the TrackMan radar will detect pitches during SEC baseball games to assess the accuracy of home plate umpires’ ball and strike rulings. During all conference games and the SEC tournament, the technology will be used.
The TrackMan device measures ball flight data with a 3-D doppler radar. The first trial of MLB’s computerized ball-strike technology, TrackMan, was implemented in Atlantic League venues in 2019. The electronic strike zone, which will call balls and strikes in Triple-A games this season and be used to contest calls in Low-A, has since replaced TrackMan’s radar system with Hawk-optical Eye’s cameras.
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Pitch data from TrackMan will help the SEC train, evaluate, and improve the performance of the conference’s human umpires. TrackMan’s ball-tracking technology is also used by college baseball programs to evaluate potential high school recruits through the company’s partnership with Prep Baseball Report.
“This is another innovative step to improving the accuracy and performance of SEC officiating,” SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said in a statement.
