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Wanted to get into this article by Spencer Nussbaum, who covers the Nats for the Washington Post.

Here's the headline of the article.

This high-tech system helps MLB hitters.

It's not at Nationals Park.

Most Nationals hitters have used a virtual reality program for pitch recognition and plate discipline, but Washington hasn't invested in a more precise device to help them prepare for games,

an expensive pitching machine that goes by the name of Traject Arc.

Now, this machine, this machine, now from reading the article, I'm going to try to describe

this machine as accurately as I can. It's like a, it's a screen that the hitters face that mimics the way the ball comes out for

certain pitchers.

Right.

And so it's more advanced in virtual reality.

It's being used apparently by 25 different major league Baseball teams at this point.

But the Washington Nationals are not one of them.

Now, this machine is expensive.

A typical commitment to have this machine in your ballpark is $500,000,

or around $15,000 per month on a three-year contract.

It doesn't sound like a lot of money for a major league baseball team.

It doesn't.

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