How Zoom will help MLB umpires make replay calls in 2023 season

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When a video replay is necessary for MLB umpires, you’ve seen them put on headphones and listen to the control center in New York. You may even catch them staring at the Jumbotron to watch with the players and fans in the stadium as well.

But umpires will no longer need to look at the big screen to see if the control center is making the right calls. They can thank Zoom for that.

The video communications company struck a deal with MLB to allow on-field umpires to watch videos of the replay on an iPad Pro tablet, which will be brought out by a technician during games, per the Associated Press.

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Umpire Chris Guccione #68 calls for an out after a video replay during the game between the Seattle Mariners and the Tampa Bay Rays at T-Mobile Park on May 08, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

The Zoom contact center will connect the umpires to the replay operations team for MLB to view plays on the field. However, just as it has been, the video replay umpire at the control center still gets the final call.

"You’ll be able to see who’s in the chair, who might be with that person, what plays they’re looking at, and be able to pair a visual interaction with the traditional audio interaction that they have discussing the call in the field," MLB Chief Operations and Strategy Officer Chris Marinak said via AP.

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MLB adopted video replay in September 2008, but it expanded to include many kinds of decisions, including safe or out calls, during the 2014 season. Managers were also