Is Salazar hurt? Haven't seen his name mentioned much

I'm freaking loving this ABS stuff

Wabs said:

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I'm freaking loving this ABS stuff

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Same

Iambob said:

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Is Salazar hurt? Haven't seen his name mentioned much

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He got designated to Sugarland

Iambob said:

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Is Salazar hurt? Haven't seen his name mentioned much

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He didn't make the team, cleared waivers, and is back in Sugarland

Iambob said:

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Is Salazar hurt? Haven't seen his name mentioned much

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You can watch him play in Sugarland.

Ahhhh thanks everyone.

curve looking good now for Burrows

Looks like Burrows is starting to attack the zone more and its paying off. Those arm-side pitches missing the zone by 3-5" don't help set up any of his other pitches.

That was a filthy inning for Burrows. Curve and Change looked sweet

Burrows Ks the side, four in a row

Much better side from Burrows

linkdude said:

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Burrows Ks the side, four in a row

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I should have insulted him sooner, lol.

Maybe Burrows is just a slow starter.

Burrows is fooling everyone

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I'm freaking loving this ABS stuff

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I think it will help umpires long term. As TK said, immediate feedback to help reinforce the zone.

another hit for Yordan

Paredes HBP

and eSock too

Should offer Yordan to the Red Sox for their top 25 prospects

GDit CC

hit it hard, but on the ground

CB Bucknor leaves game after taking a ball to the facemask.

Umpire CB Bucknor leaves Brewers-Rays game after taking foul ball to facemask

Dunno, based on his performance lately, a concussion might make him a better umpire...

CharleyKerfeld said:

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Should offer Yordan to the Red Sox for their top 25 prospects

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Throw in Roman Anthony and I'd agree to that deal

Ugh CC

105 off the bat. Unfortunately it went directly to the third baseman.

Another thing that I noticed this season so far, Altuve looks good fielding. I know his range and arm are a major factor for his typically low fielding metrics, but on the eye test, he's looking solid.

Rafaela Ks on a curve that bounced in the opposite batters' box

linkdude said:

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Rafaela Ks on a curve that bounced in the opposite batters' box

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Is Cintron in Boston now?

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I'm freaking loving this ABS stuff

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I like the concept, but I laugh every time the challenge happens and the computer generated animation shows the pitch was .1" off the plate (or some other fraction of an inch). Seriously, you mean to tell me that the machine is so exact in it's calibration it can detect that a pitch moving near 100mph was .1" off of the entire 17" of plate?

Maybe I'm cynical, but I just find that level of accuracy somewhat implausible.

deep breath on the fly by Duran.

Booma94 said:

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gambochaman said:

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I'm freaking loving this ABS stuff

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I like the concept, but I laugh every time the challenge happens and the computer generated animation shows the pitch was .1" off the plate (or some other fraction of an inch). Seriously, you mean to tell me that the machine is so exact in it's calibration it can detect that a pitch moving near 100mph was .1" off of the entire 17" of plate?

Maybe I'm cynical, but I just find that level of accuracy somewhat implausible.

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with slow motion/high fps cameras, do you not think it's possible? hawkeye is a thing in tennis

Yes. Let's trust the 65 year old behind the plate trying to see a pitch's movement over a catcher instead of the multiple cameras and computers running this, that have been through years and years of research and testing before finally being implemented.

linkdude said:

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Booma94 said:

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gambochaman said:

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I'm freaking loving this ABS stuff

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Same

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I like the concept, but I laugh every time the challenge happens and the computer generated animation shows the pitch was .1" off the plate (or some other fraction of an inch). Seriously, you mean to tell me that the machine is so exact in it's calibration it can detect that a pitch moving near 100mph was .1" off of the entire 17" of plate?

Maybe I'm cynical, but I just find that level of accuracy somewhat implausible.

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with slow motion/high fps cameras, do you not think it's possible? hawkeye is a thing in tennis

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Hawkeye in tennis is at least comparing to a stationary painted line and showing where the ball hit in relation to the line.

ABS is showing where the ball went in relation to the plate anywhere between 18-36" above where the plate actually sits. Also the strike zone changes in height for every batter. The plate is the same width, but the strike zone height changes. So it has to be recalibrated for every single batter.

Again, I like the concept. But I'm a bit cynical in it's implementation.

Cam has struck out twice on ball four