Carlos Correa has had it with the missed calls by MLB’s umpires.
After his Twins’ 3-2 loss to the Guardians on Friday, which came after several borderline calls from behind the plate from home plate umpire Roberto Ortiz, Correa voiced his support for an interesting idea to help those who call balls and strikes.
Correa said he believes umpires should wear PitchCom devices like pitchers and catchers use to relay pitch calls during a plate appearance, so they know what pitches are coming ahead of time.
“I feel like pitchers are too nasty right now for umpires to see. I feel like if the umpires knew what was coming and they had a PitchCom they would make calls so much better,” Correa told reporters following the loss, according to the Associated Press.
PitchCom, in Correa’s mind, would allow umpires to listen in and prepare themselves both mentally and visually for each pitch.
From the start of the 2023 season until the start of Saturday’s action, umpires have made 92.7 percent of ball-strike calls correctly but only 58.5 percent of pitches that are “on the corners” were called accurately, according to CBS Sports.
“It’s really hard for them to just be able to call pitches, especially the way the catchers are framing nowadays” Correa added. “If they had a device where it says slider and they are anticipating the slider and they know where it has to start and land for it to be a strike, then we would get so many calls.
“But the fact that they are over there blind, it’s really hard. I just think their job is too hard for me to be harsh on them. Sometimes I get calls, sometimes I don’t and you move on.”
With umpires in the crosshairs seemingly regularly, The Post’s Jon Heyman opined this month that it is now time for MLB to bring in an automated ball-strike system (ABS).
The system was put in place in some Triple-A parks in 2022 and across the board at the level last year.
But for now, MLB still has the old school system in place for calling balls and strikes.
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