Automated balls and strikes are found in the main leagues and, as expected, a veteran for a long time is not satisfied.
Major League Baseball is implementing the Automated Ball Challenge System (ABS) For the first time this spring; It has been tested in the minor leagues since 2021.
There is a quite decent possibility that Max Scherzer, 40, is out of the elderly for when it is implemented full time (although Commissioner Rob Manfred wants it next year). But on Tuesday he saw a look at the system in his debut in spring training.
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Toronto Blue Jays, Max Scherzer (31), throws against St. Louis cardinals in the first entry of a spring training game on TD Ballpark. (Images Jonathan Dyer-Imagn)
One of Scherzer’s releases was challenged by a batter (the batter won), and Scherzer was clearly upset by Fiasco, while the system is in its rookie stages, it is taking a little longer than the average of 17 seconds that it is taken in the minors.
Later, the new Toronto Blue Jay seemed to sarcastically challenge his own launch: he lost.
“I am a bit skeptical of this. I understand what we are trying to do here, but I think the major league referees are really good,” said Scherzer after his departure. “They are really good. So what are we really changing here? We know that there will be strikes that are changed to balls, and the balls that change to strikes … So basically we will be uniform. So are we really doing to improve the game? Are they really so bad?
Toronto Blue Jays launcher, Max Scerzer (31), launches a launch during spring training in the Cecil B. Englebert complex. (Images Jonathan Dyer-Imagn)
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“Can we play baseball?” Added. “We are human. Can we be judged by humans? Do we really need to interrupt the game? I think humans are defined by humans.”
This spring, the teams will obtain two challenges by game, but can retain each challenge won. Only the batter, the pitcher or the receiver can challenge a call, and must be immediately after the call without help from the bank or other players.
The Toronto Blue Jays pitcher, Max Scherzer (31), walks through the practice field during spring training in the Cecil B. Englebert complex. (Images Jonathan Dyer-Imagn)
It is another great change in the sport in charge of Manfred, who implemented a launch timer, larger bases and shift limits in 2023. However, fans seem to like the changes, as the assistance increased in each of the last two years.
