‘AI’ is making Major League Baseball players shrink

Name something bad happening in the computer or consumer electronics space, and you can point to “AI” as a culprit. High prices, low stock, degrading search results, enshittification, I could go on. So I will: Copilot. But allow me to take a pause from the dumpster fire that is the PC industry, and pull the classic move for when you need a distraction from an intense situation: Think about baseball.

In the United States, the 2026 Major League Baseball season started just last week. And like everything else...