MLB: Apple will provide the 30 franchises with iPads with a real-time application game analysis app

Major League Baseball (MLB) announced, on 30/03/2016, a partnership with Apple, in which the US technology company will provide the 30 franchises of the baseball league iPad Pro tablets for managers, coaches and other staff. Apple will also provide the "MLB Dugout" application, which allow users to consult -- in real-time -- videos, statistics, and analysis during the game, directly on the benches of the teams. This app will be available for the duration of the 2016 MLB season (from 03/04/2016 to 02/10/2016).

This application can be modified according to the needs of each user, which means teams can incorporate their own reports from the Statcast application (available on iOS) from the 2015 MLB season, including historical data on the performance of players.

"Our collaboration with Apple on the use of iPad Pro in dugouts and bullpens is part of our ongoing effort to introduce extraordinary technology into our game. We are pleased that Apple's groundbreaking products, which have already improved the access that fans have to our sport, will now inform the decisions that make our…