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The MLB Commissioner, Rob Manfred, points to the automated ball and strike system (ABS) will be implemented next season.
Manfred announced on Wednesday that he and his office will present a proposal to the MLB Competition Committee to have the system for 2026, an objective that had in mind last summer.
“I think we will follow the possibility of changing that process, and we will see what comes out at the end of that,” Manfred said at the MLB headquarters on Wednesday, through athletics.
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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred (Photos of Mike Carlson/MLB through Getty Images)
“I think that the equipment is really positive about the abdominals. You know, I have that non -scientific system that I use, my email traffic, and my different impression is that the use of ABS in spring training has made people more prone to what they complain about the balls and call the calls by email, for me, referring to the need for ABS. Which is undoubtedly true, undoubtedly true. “
The system was a complete training in spring this year after several seasons in the minor leagues. The teams obtained two challenges for play, but could retain each challenge won. Only the batter, the pitcher or the receiver could challenge a call, and had to be immediately after the call without help from the bank or other players.
But there are still some problems that need adjustment.
“My biggest concern is to work in the process and deploy it in a way that is acceptable to players,” said Manfred. “There will always be things at the edges we need to work and whatever, and I want you to feel that we respect the committee process and that there was a complete transmission of concerns about the system and an attempt to address those concerns before moving forward.”
It is another great change in the sport commissioned by Manfred, who implemented a launch timer, larger bases and shift limits in 2023. However, fans seem to like changes as the assistance has increased in each of the last two years. It was the first time since 2011 and 2012 that attendance grew in consecutive seasons.
The gardener of the New York Yankees Center Aaron Judge (99) and the manager Aaron Boone argue a call. (Wendell Cruz-USA Today Sports)
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The average ABS challenge in minors has taken 17 seconds, so this should not affect the rhythm of the game, which has increased significantly amid the changes in the commissioner rules.
“We encourage the right to make this kind of changes in the rules,” said Manfred. “It was a really important part of the agreement from our perspective. Everyone understood what the rules of the road are … unlike the previous disposition, there is actually a process that is involved in which you have the opportunity to have the opportunity to examine and talk about what should happen with the players. Therefore, I am less reluctant about that.
However, this could be the greatest change of all of them, and would reach a fairly wild moment: a blockade is coming in the MLB collective bargaining agreement in December next year.
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But Manfred said: “In the past, I have been a bit apprehensive about the year before negotiating. I don’t feel that way now.”
