Robot umps make early impact: Cubs pitcher wins first ABS challenge in spring training game
It took just one inning for the Chicago Cubs right-hander to be the first player to successfully challenge a ball-strike call in a big-league spring training game, overturning a called ball from home-plate umpire Tony Randazzo to a strike against Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy.
Cubs pitcher wins first ABS challenge in spring training
Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph fastball he threw to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy was in the strike zone.
Players 1, umpires 0: Cubs hurler Cody Poteet makes first ABS challenge in spring training and wins
Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph fastball he threw to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy was in the strike zone. Plate umpire Tony Randazzo disagreed and called it a ball. Instead of arguing,
Cubs-Dodgers spring opener features pitch challenge debut
Gage Workman connected for an opposite-field, two-run home run in the fifth inning and the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 12-4 in the opening game of spring training on Thursday afternoon in Phoenix.
Cubs pitcher Poteet wins first challenge in MLB's ABS test
Cody Poteet became the first player to challenge a ball/strike call in a major league game when he asked for a review in Thursday's spring opener.
Cubs' Cody Poteet Wins 1st-Ever Automated Ball-Strike Challenge of MLB Spring Training
Cody Poteet is going to be the answer to a trivia question one day. The Chicago Cubs pitcher became the first player at the major league level to successfully challenge a ball/strike call using the automatic ball and strike system MLB is testing during Spring Training games this year.
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Former Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo is still on the free agent market with Spring Training underway.
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