The ABS System Is Exposing Something Nobody Expected
The ABS challenge system was supposed to remove human error from ball-strike calls. The situational data revealed something else; hitters are humans too.
The Automated Ball-Strike system was supposed to bring objectivity to ball-strike calls. Remove the human element. Get the calls right.
It did all of that. But it also produced an unintended data set that reveals something more interesting than missed calls. It reveals how hitters and fielders think differently under pressure, and how badly that thinking gap costs teams as games get tighter.
The data is not kind to hitters.
