"A lot of people come to the games and don't pay attention to the actual pitch that's being thrown. Still, Tolleson thinks the technology is cool. "It may not be a huge advantage for him but it's not an advantage for us. "It's definitely not an advantage for the pitcher," Tolleson said. "We'd look up at the velocity and said, 'Oh, it was 92, that was a heater.' Or, 'Oh, it was 87, that was his cutter.' "ĭo pitchers feel like this is giving hitters, especially the guy watching from the on-deck circle, an advantage? In the past, Tolleson and the rest of the relief pitchers would have to watch each pitch, see how the hitter reacted and look at the velocity flashed on the scoreboard to figure out what kind of pitch was thrown. "I thought it was someone up in the booth," he said, echoing the sentiment of many fans, who likely think the real-time pitch information flashed on the scoreboard after every pitch, including velocity and type of pitch, is done by a person at each park like in the old days. Rangers closer Shawn Tolleson said he didn't realize the pitches are tracked by cameras and radar. "We're continuing to develop new platforms and ways to provide fans the data as a means for engaging them wherever they're consuming the game _TV, online, mobile, ballpark," said Matthew Gould, MLB's advanced media spokesman. The league even took it up a notch this season by allowing iPads in the dugouts and bullpens to give managers and coaches the option to use the real-time data during games. When you're in the stands watching the game the ability to have multiple things for fans to be interactive with I think it's going to make our game a better fan experience."Ĭlubs receive the raw tracking data every day, which they can use to augment their analytics for player development and scouting. So there's a lot of time in between for fans. There's about 15 minutes of real action within the game. "The game of baseball is three hours long. "The more interactive we can make our game with that the better," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. The information is instantaneously fed to the Globe Life Park scoreboard and the MLB at-bat application.Īnother system uses a set of cameras to track all sorts of data, such as how fast and the exact route an outfielder took to run down a fly ball, and how fast a batter ran from home to first base. Since last season, all 30 ballparks in the majors have been outfitted with an intricate system of cameras and Doppler radar that help determine the speed, location and trajectory of every single pitch.