Joe Mauer Backs MLB's ABS Challenge System After 15-Year Twins Career

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 20

Joe Mauer said MLB’s automated ball-strike challenge system has been “good for the game,” arguing the technology now resolves reviews quickly and helps get calls right.
The 43-year-old former Twins catcher and first baseman said the system fits MLB’s broader push to improve the sport through rule changes rather than slow it down.
Mauer, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2024, spent all 15 seasons with Minnesota and finished with a .306 average, 143 home runs and 923 RBIs.
Since retiring in 2018, he has played in the American Century Championship and is set to return July 10-12 in Lake Tahoe, where the celebrity tournament has raised more than $8 million for charity.

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