MLB replays up 35 percent from this time in 2015

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We’re only three weeks into the third year of Major League Baseball’s expanded use of instant replay, but MLB’s Replay Center has never been busier. Replay reviews are up 35 percent compared with this time last year. And Sunday saw 18 reviews in one day, the most ever.

All told, through Sunday, MLB had used replay to review 180 calls this season — up from 133 through the corresponding date last year. If reviews continue at this rate, more than 1,650 calls would be decided by replay this season, up from 1,331 last season.

MLB replays are up 35 percent from this point last season, with the biggest increase being in manager challenges of baserunning calls. AP Photo/David J. Phillip

According to data compiled by Baseball Savant, the …

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