With MLB's 3D Version of Gameday, Watch Plays From Any Angle Like a Video Game
It’ll still be one, two, three strikes, you’re out at the old ball game, but many other parts of baseball will look new this year.
While Major League Baseball rules changes(Opens in a new window) intended to speed up the game—a pitch timer, restrictions on outfield shifts, and bigger bases—have gotten most of the attention, MLB is also updating the fan experience.
The MLB mobile app(Opens in a new window) saw some of the biggest changes in an update released earlier this month. It now lets you follow players as well as teams, should you want to track the progress of a generational talent or see how players your team traded away last year are doing (hello, fellow Washington Nationals fans). If you’d rather see how 2025’s possible starting lineup is faring, you’ll also be able to watch minor league games live in the app.
The Gameday live visualization of games that MLB debuted in 2008 and has been tweaking since should now deliver “near real-time updates,” MLB chief operations and strategy officer Chris Marinak said during a Tuesday presentation—including live video highlights of an at-bat.
MLB is also rolling out a 3D version of Gameday. Coming first to MLB’s website for the free game of the day, then its iOS and Android apps, it will render a game using real-time tracking data and let you watch a play from any angle, as if were a video game.
Finally, iPhone users will be able to get score updates on their lock screens and, if they have an iPhone 14, in the Dynamic Island.
Other upgrades will affect what people see on larger screens. All the new camera-tracking systems in ballparks will generate new statistics about each at-bat, including the swing speed and which part of the bat hit the ball.
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