2024-03-15 04:26:44
During the 3rd game of the last World Series, where the Texas Rangers defeated the Arizona D-Backs with a 3×1 score, There was a lot of controversy over the decisions of the main umpire, Alfonso Márquez, on balls and strikes, in fact, he was inconsistent. When an umpire incurs this tendency, one of the direct results is that the batters little know what to do.a situation that makes them more vulnerable.
We place this case as an explanatory reference point for the novelty that was seen this Thursday at the Spring Games, specifically between Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates; This is the Automated Balls and Strikes System (ABS) that has already been applied in the Minor Leagues.
This includes a challenge mechanism in which the umpire still calls balls and strikes, but the batter or pitcher/catcher has a limited number of pitches they can challenge. On average, Major League umpires get between 93% and 94% of their decisions right. The best reach 96%, while the worst are around 91%. It’s pretty good, but it might be better.
Of the 4-7% of decisions that are made incorrectly in a match, probably only a small subset of them have a big impact. The problem is that baseball is a game of inches, and one pitch, one bad decision, can have a big impact on the outcome.
And what happened between the Orioles and Pirates?
In a game where the rosters were made up only of prospective players, the second inning took place in its lower part; with a runner on third base and a couple of outs Tsung-Che Cheng was on duty once morest starter Cade Povich who had Silas Ardoin as catcher.
When the count indicated 2 balls and 1 strike, the left-handed pitcher made a delivery towards the outside-low part of the batter, also left-handed, which the principal called a ball, but the pitch was quickly challenged by the young catcher, the request being accepted.
After a few seconds of reviewing the corresponding videos, it was shown that the ball slightly touched the strike zone and this changed the count to 2 balls and 2 strikes; Cheng ultimately struck out without pitching.
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