Robot umpires overturned 54% of challenged calls in ABS system's debut season
Catchers were far more successful than batters in challenges during the first season of MLB's Automated Ball-Strike System, according to ESPN.
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Robot umpires overturned 54% of challenged calls during the first season of Major League Baseball's Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS), according to ESPN.
The system, which allows players to challenge ball-and-strike calls made by human umpires for automated review, produced a majority overturn rate in its debut campaign.
Catchers were reported to be far more successful than batters when using their challenges, though ESPN's report did not specify the exact success rates for each group.
The ABS system represents one of baseball's most significant recent changes to on-field officiating, introducing automated technology into a process traditionally left entirely to human umpires.
Further details on how the system performed across different teams, pitch types or game situations were not included in the available report.
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