The Major League Baseball announcement of the 2026 ABS system being implemented in Major League baseball, has a flaw that may require additional think tanking to resolve.
- The ball is obviously much larger than the edges of the strike zone, and, the ball is portrayed as a 3D object. Is it wise to automatically call a ball that nicks the ABS 2D strike zone, a strike, if 90% of the ball is actually outside of the strike zone?
- When ABS displays a graphic of where the pitched ball is in relation to the strike zone, the ball has a 3D look to it, but the strike zone image is 2d, meaning it's not a 3D image that shows if the pitch is traveling inward towards the center of the plate, or if the pitch is heading away and outside from the plate, as it crosses home plate.
- What if the ABS strike zone was 3D, and the ball would have to travel within the 3D zone for a certain percentage of the 3D total strike zone distance to qualify as a strike, and if the pitch was leaking off of the plate, or traveling inward into the strike zone, then the total distance traveled within the 3d strike zone would create more accurate parameters regarding if the pitch was actually a strike, or not.
- Is a perfectly rectangular strike zone the ideal shape for ABS? Perhaps the Strike zone should have a very gentle sideways egg or oval curve shape to it?
- Conclusion, the ABS 2D strike zone graphic is insufficient as it is presently constructed.
Los Angeles Emmy winning Producer Alessandro Machi combines his editing, camera and observational skills to provide unique insights into the World of Sports.
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