Overview

• Pawol became the first woman to call balls and strikes behind home plate in a regular-season MLB game on Aug. 10 at Truist Park
• Umpire Scorecards credited her with a 92.72% accuracy rate on 151 taken pitches compared with a roughly 94% league median
• Marlins manager Clayton McCullough and Braves manager Brian Snitker both praised her composure and effective game management
• Her decade-long path includes 1,200 minor-league games and spring training work in 2024 before a Triple-A ’rover’ call-up for the Braves-Marlins doubleheader
• MLB has not confirmed her next major-league assignment, and experts say a broader sample of plate appearances is needed to assess her long-term performance