Zhan, Gerstner, & Polimeni won 3rd place at the research paper competition at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.

The paper measures the impact that the robotic umpires will have on Major League Baseball. The team presented a state-of-the-art metric, RE12, based off of the widely known RE24, to effectively quantify the effect of umpire missed calls. They then provide analysis based on numerical experiments and discuss the impact that missed calls have on key areas such as hitters, pitchers, and catchers. The result of this paper helps teams, players and the rules committee to see how this possible change may impact the game.