Will AI in Baseball Become the Next Moneyball?
07/07/2023 19:19
With just a couple of iPhones and a tripod, the league could dig itself into another hole.
Baseball doesn’t need another Moneyball era. Photographer: Jamie Sabau
Photographer: Jamie Sabau/Getty Images North AmericaMajor League Baseball pitchers aren’t just throwing fastballs this year, they’re also throwing out shoulders and elbows at nearly double the rate of last season.
Can artificial intelligence slow the trend? The league seems to think so. Ahead of the draft on July 9, it made available to every team a technology from biomechanical company Uplift Labs that can record a prospect’s movement. The data can be used to examine that player’s skills and potential and assess the possibility of future injuries.