MLB pitches AI-powered commentary in its play-by-play app
On Wednesday, the Major League Baseball season began — and that means millions of diehard fans started logging on to the Gameday feed in the MLB App and MLB.com to catch live pitch-by-pitch scores and highlights for every match-up.
When they check out the Gameday feed, alongside the strikes, singles and homers, they'll be greeted by tidbits of commentary. They’re courtesy of the just-launched MLB Scout Insights feature, powered by Gemini and Google Cloud AI.
Built in close collaboration with Google Cloud, Scout Insights uses Gemini models to parse hundreds of petabytes of league data and gametime scenarios to deliver clever commentary at key moments throughout each inning. It’s like having an announcer in the palm of your hand.
These advanced insights are meant to deepen fan engagement, and are delivered at a speed, scale and depth that’s only possible with AI and cloud technologies.
Here’s one example from our beta testing using real games from last season: “Last Friday, Jordan Walker hit the 9th-hardest single in American Family Field history (dating to 2014) at 114.3 mph.”
You can read more about how we built MLB Scout Insights on Transform with Google Cloud.