Automatic balls and strikes are in the big leagues, and surprisingly a long -lasting veteran is not satisfied.
Major League Baseball implements Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System For the first time in the spring; It has been tested in the smaller leagues since 2021.
There is a pretty decent chance that Max Scherzer, 40, is out of the major subjects when implemented full time (although Commissioner Rob Manfred wants the next year). But he caught a glimpse of the system in his Spring Training debut on Tuesday.
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Toronto Blue Jay’s starting pot Max Scherzer (31) throws towards St. Louis Cardinals in the first place of a spring training game on TD Ballpark. (Jonathan Dyer-Preferred Pictures)
One of Scherzer’s seats was challenged by a dough (the dough won), and Scherzer was clearly irritated by the failure of the failure is in its rookie stages, it takes a little longer than the average of 17 seconds taken in minors.
Later, the new Toronto Blue Jay seemed to sarcastically challenge his own pitch – he lost.
“I’m a little skeptical of this. I get what we’re trying to do here, but I think Major League Umpires are really good,” Scherzer said after his excursion. “They are really good. So what are we actually changing here? We know that there will be strikes that change for balls and balls that change to strikes. … so we will basically be smooth. Then we actually do to improve the game? Are Umpire really so bad? I don’t think so.”
Toronto Blue Jay’s Pitcher Max Scherzer (31) throws a pitch during spring training at Cecil B. Englebert Complex. (Jonathan Dyer-Preferred Pictures)
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“Can we just play baseball?” he added. “We are people. Can we just be judged by people? Do we really need to disturb the game? I think people are defined by people.”
In the spring, teams will face two challenges per year. Battle, but is able to preserve every challenge that has been won. Only the dough, pitcher or catcher can challenge a call, and it should be immediately after the call without the help of the bench or other players.
Toronto Blue Jay’s Pitcher Max Scherzer (31) walks around the field of practice during spring training at Cecil B. Englebert Complex. (Jonathan Dyer-Preferred Pictures)
It is another major change in the sport ordered by Manfred, which implemented a pitch, larger bases and shift limits in 2023. However, fans appear to like the changes as participation rose in each of the last two years.
