Reds supervisor Terry Francona doesn’t see the purpose of asking his veteran gamers to make the most of the experimental Automated Ball-Strike system throughout spring coaching.
The ABS system for difficult calls is being examined out by MLB throughout spring coaching video games, however it solely shall be used once more within the minor leagues through the common season.
“I’m OK with seeing our younger kids do it because they’ve done it,” Francona informed reporters Friday in Arizona. “It’s not a technique for [the MLB teams], so why work on it?
“I don’t want to make a farce of anything, but we’re here getting ready for a season and that’s not helping us get ready.”
Francona, the two-time World Sequence-winning supervisor who was employed by Cincinnati in October, added that he believes the ABS solely “muddies the waters.”
The computerized system has been utilized in some type within the minors for 4 years, and MLB is gathering knowledge from the spring coaching experiment to contemplate making modifications to the system on the Triple-A stage.
ABS permits pitchers, hitters and catchers a direct objection to a ball/strike name.
Groups at present are allowed two challenges per sport, which should come from on-field gamers and never the dugout.
ABS was used for the primary time in Thursday’s spring coaching opener between the Dodgers and the Cubs in Arizona.
Chicago pitcher Cody Poteet, who appeared in 5 video games for the Yankees final season, grew to become the primary participant to problem a name through the trial when he requested a assessment of a fastball to Max Muncy within the backside of the primary inning.
Poteet, acquired by the Cubs as a part of the Cody Bellinger commerce, gained his problem of the ball referred to as by home-plate umpire Tony Randazzo, altering a 1-1 rely to 0-2 earlier than hanging out Muncy.
