Should’ve been Marcel Ozuna for us. Not because he has a great eye or anything, because I swear umps fuck him over so much.
Responsible_Knee7632
Only Judge. Maybe Trent Grisham too if you actually look at plate discipline metrics
Ok_Branch6621
Only Alejandro Kirk. Anyone else uses it?
leftysupremacist
For most teams, I imagine catchers only on the pitching side since pitchers can’t be trusted.
On the hitting side, Max Muncy is the easy green light. Pages wouldn’t be allowed to scratch his face, much less tap his head.
who_are_you_people24
Soto for us. Man’s eye is fantastic. Lindor when obvious
Brusoxpatcelt
I’m curious to see if any players do it on their own, or if they look to their 1st base coach to look to their manager to give them the go ahead
And then maybe some vets (in our case Trevor Story) get the ability to do it on their own as long as they’re successful the first few times
Bermut-Nundaloy
If I were a team, my rule would be: only the catcher can challenge, and only on defense.
* No challenges for pitchers. Their heads are moving too much to see clearly. * The catcher should have a perfect « ump-level » view of the zone.
Hitter challenges… I dunno. I’d be inclined to save them all for the catcher. Certainly, if you only have one challenge left, I’d tend to say, no challenges on offense. Maybe before then, you can let hitters use their judgment, and say: only with runners on, prefer high-OBP players (e.g. Judge).
StevenMC19
It can be used defensively too. So I wonder if there are instances where pitchers and catchers are instructed not to use it in favor of offense.
ajteitel
Perdomo. I trust his eye more than ABS
yesastortas
Someone bring the muncy copy pasta
cooljammer00
Probably the catchers
Never the pitchers
UtinniUtinni
My rules would be: 1) If you lose a challenge, you can’t challenge for a week 2) Rule 1 doesn’t apply in key leverage situations or the end of the game 3) If you are right 90% of the time, rule 1 doesn’t apply 4) Pitchers can’t challenge
mostly-void-stars
I can’t wait for the first time a player challenges a call only for the call to be extremely correct and then we all dunk on him for the end of time
Dapper_Caregiver2859
Kwan and José get a green light to challenge anything
welldonemediumrares
It’s so multi-faceted. Really the biggest variable isn’t who is challenging, but what the situation is. I would be inclined to never allow a challenge with no outs, never allow a challenge with no one on, etc.
MattinglyDineen
Don’t let Jazz challenge!
BulkOfTheS3ries
allowed to use it at the plate: JP Crawford
not allowed at the plate: Arozarena
f1uke55l
Wouldn’t the resulting win-loss expectancy of that particular at bat being a strike three be far more relevant than who’s actually at the plate.
For instance i’d rather reverse a game deciding call against Miggy-ro in the bottom of the 8th tied game than for Ohtani in the first inning.
I get the premise that you want to keep your best players at the plate, but I still think it’ll primarily be used later in tighter games.
pages10
Mariners are never letting Randy challenge after how bad he looked with the ABS last spring training lol
Far_Cry3445
Roman, Caleb durbin, and if they ever gets healthy/a chance Triston casas and Kristian Campbell
Phillies2002
Brandon Marsh will exact his revenge on the league’s umpires using ABS. I have not seen another player so routinely screwed over by high pitches being called strikes
richww2
Prime Joey Votto would’ve been money with this.
BBModSquadCar
Conversely never use them and become a favourite team with the umps.
Hacym
Yandy. And that’s basically it for hitters. I think Cash will handle it on the pitcher side.
Unless Walls does it to troll the ump again.
porkchopespresso
Seiya for sure
Brief-Percentage-193
Jazz is only allowed to challenge if it’s the last pitch of the game…
alliluna24
Cal will get broad challenge privileges, I’m sure. I can see some of the pitchers getting banned entirely from challenging (Kirby in particular) but for pitching it makes way more sense to have the catcher challenge anyway.
Slatemanforlife
I feel like Javie Baez would be hilarious
« Like, brother, even I wouldn’t swing at that. »
sasksasquatch
Bo Bichette has a great eye for the strike zone, he actually called out the automated system in AA being two inches low a week before the oversight group called and said that the system they have installed is calling pitches two inches lower than it should be.
mikeyb1
floon
I would imagine they’re going to let everyone in ST challenge to see who’s good at it, and then let the winners have the green light to challenge.
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Should’ve been Marcel Ozuna for us. Not because he has a great eye or anything, because I swear umps fuck him over so much.
Only Judge. Maybe Trent Grisham too if you actually look at plate discipline metrics
Only Alejandro Kirk. Anyone else uses it?
For most teams, I imagine catchers only on the pitching side since pitchers can’t be trusted.
On the hitting side, Max Muncy is the easy green light. Pages wouldn’t be allowed to scratch his face, much less tap his head.
Soto for us. Man’s eye is fantastic. Lindor when obvious
I’m curious to see if any players do it on their own, or if they look to their 1st base coach to look to their manager to give them the go ahead
And then maybe some vets (in our case Trevor Story) get the ability to do it on their own as long as they’re successful the first few times
If I were a team, my rule would be: only the catcher can challenge, and only on defense.
* No challenges for pitchers. Their heads are moving too much to see clearly.
* The catcher should have a perfect « ump-level » view of the zone.
Hitter challenges… I dunno. I’d be inclined to save them all for the catcher. Certainly, if you only have one challenge left, I’d tend to say, no challenges on offense. Maybe before then, you can let hitters use their judgment, and say: only with runners on, prefer high-OBP players (e.g. Judge).
It can be used defensively too. So I wonder if there are instances where pitchers and catchers are instructed not to use it in favor of offense.
Perdomo. I trust his eye more than ABS
Someone bring the muncy copy pasta
Probably the catchers
Never the pitchers
My rules would be:
1) If you lose a challenge, you can’t challenge for a week
2) Rule 1 doesn’t apply in key leverage situations or the end of the game
3) If you are right 90% of the time, rule 1 doesn’t apply
4) Pitchers can’t challenge
I can’t wait for the first time a player challenges a call only for the call to be extremely correct and then we all dunk on him for the end of time
Kwan and José get a green light to challenge anything
It’s so multi-faceted. Really the biggest variable isn’t who is challenging, but what the situation is. I would be inclined to never allow a challenge with no outs, never allow a challenge with no one on, etc.
Don’t let Jazz challenge!
allowed to use it at the plate: JP Crawford
not allowed at the plate: Arozarena
Wouldn’t the resulting win-loss expectancy of that particular at bat being a strike three be far more relevant than who’s actually at the plate.
For instance i’d rather reverse a game deciding call against Miggy-ro in the bottom of the 8th tied game than for Ohtani in the first inning.
I get the premise that you want to keep your best players at the plate, but I still think it’ll primarily be used later in tighter games.
Mariners are never letting Randy challenge after how bad he looked with the ABS last spring training lol
Roman, Caleb durbin, and if they ever gets healthy/a chance Triston casas and Kristian Campbell
Brandon Marsh will exact his revenge on the league’s umpires using ABS. I have not seen another player so routinely screwed over by high pitches being called strikes
Prime Joey Votto would’ve been money with this.
Conversely never use them and become a favourite team with the umps.
Yandy. And that’s basically it for hitters. I think Cash will handle it on the pitcher side.
Unless Walls does it to troll the ump again.
Seiya for sure
Jazz is only allowed to challenge if it’s the last pitch of the game…
Cal will get broad challenge privileges, I’m sure. I can see some of the pitchers getting banned entirely from challenging (Kirby in particular) but for pitching it makes way more sense to have the catcher challenge anyway.
I feel like Javie Baez would be hilarious
« Like, brother, even I wouldn’t swing at that. »
Bo Bichette has a great eye for the strike zone, he actually called out the automated system in AA being two inches low a week before the oversight group called and said that the system they have installed is calling pitches two inches lower than it should be.
I would imagine they’re going to let everyone in ST challenge to see who’s good at it, and then let the winners have the green light to challenge.