Article SEC reveals how automated ball-strike system will work at 2026 SEC Baseball Tournament - Alex Byington

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I'll be interested to see if the trends that we've seen from the MLB season hold up in the SEC tournament. When catchers challenge, they are correct ~60% of the time and when batters challenge they are only successful ~45% of the time.
 

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Haha maybe I worded it wrong. Take home message is that when a catcher challenges, they are more successful than when a batter does. Catchers have advantages in that they know the pitch being thrown and can follow the pitch with their eyes all the way to their glove. Batters have less than half a second to interpret spatial location and often react on emotion.
Haha maybe I worded it wrong. Take home message is that when a catcher challenges, they are more successful than when a batter does. Catchers have advantages in that they know the pitch being thrown and can follow the pitch with their eyes all the way to their glove. Batters have less than half a second to interpret spatial location and often react on emotion.
 

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Either team may issue a challenge at any point during a single plate appearance, including at the end of the at-bat. But there are restrictions, such as the defensive team cannot challenge a strike, and the offensive team cannot challenge a ball.


What am I missing here? Why would you ever want to do either of these?
Only thing I can think of is a team willing to burn a challenge to give the bullpen a little extra time. Still not very logical but it's the best I could think of.
 
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Either team may issue a challenge at any point during a single plate appearance, including at the end of the at-bat. But there are restrictions, such as the defensive team cannot challenge a strike, and the offensive team cannot challenge a ball.


What am I missing here? Why would you ever want to do either of these?
I could possibly see it if your top RBI guy draws a walk and you want him to get another chance to swing. But the pitcher could just put you on anyway.
Most likely they’re just wording it that way because managers always find some 3D chess way of using quirks in the rule book, and they just don’t want that to come up later.