MLB To Use Strike Zone Challenge System In Spring Training

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MLB To Use Strike Zone Challenge System In Spring Training 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Tue Oct 29, 2024 12:21 pm

Major League Baseball will experiment with the strike zone challenge system at the game\'s highest level during spring training in 2025.

\"There\'s going to be a test at the Major League level during spring training next year,\" commissioner Rob Manfred told the YES Network. \"We\'re going to test the challenge system with big-league players.\" 

There was no indication of future plans beyond spring training.

The challenge system differs from the automated ball-strike system and serves as something of a compromise between full automation and the current human approach. 

Under the challenge system, each team is afforded three contested calls per game that are quickly checked against technology.

Via YES Network

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