Logan Gilbert gets badly burned by MLB’s wait for robot umps in ALCS Game 2

American League Championship Series - Seattle Mariners v Toronto Blue Jays - Game Two | Vaughn Ridley/GettyImagesIf October is about execution, Game 2 was about interpretation, too. Seattle struck first, Julio Rodríguez detonated a first-inning, three-run blast that turned a hostile crowd into a hush. The Mariners had Logan Gilbert on the hill, the bullpen mapped, and a game script that made perfect sense: get ahead, land first-pitch strikes, ride soft contact. And then the zone started shrinking like a sweater in a hot dryer.

This is where the league’s slow walk on automated strike zone (ABS) tech stops being a theoretical debate and starts impacting careers in real time. You could feel it…