TAMPA, Fla. – Nestor Cortes got behind the plate in a batting cage and watched an 8-foot-high, 1,200-pound robot spit out fastballs, cutters and sweepers just like the ones spinning off the fingertips ...
Two outs, two strikes. Tying run on second. Gerrit Cole on the bump. You’re pinch-hitting, you tell yourself in the batting cage. The crucial pitch is on the way — just as soon as it matriculates its ...
The Miami Marlins are revolutionizing their batting practice with a high-tech pitching machine called Trajekt, designed to simulate real-life pitchers with pinpoint accuracy. The state-of-the-art ...
Who’s your favorite baseball pitcher? Shane McClanahan? Sandy Alcantara? Justin Verlander? Whoever you said, two of the top sports-tech companies in the U.S. — Rapsodo and Trajekt Sports — have teamed ...