SEC tournament adopts automated balls and strikes challenge system
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Updated · Fox News · May 4
SEC tournament adopts automated balls and strikes challenge system
10 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 4
At the event in Hoover, Alabama, each team gets three challenges, plus one more in extra innings, after the conference submitted a proposal to the NCAA.
Cameras at the Hoover Met will track pitches, and player measurements will be taken before each team's first game to set individual strike zones.
Commissioner Greg Sankey said the move supports innovation and player development, while SEC officials will decide in coming months whether to expand ABS beyond the tournament.
How will the new ABS challenge system change the strategic role of catchers in college baseball?
Will the smaller automated strike zone create more offense and higher-scoring games in the SEC tournament?
With ABS revealing umpire biases, what is the future for the human element in officiating America's pastime?