ABS is here, and it is glorious.
MLB’s new challenge system for balls and strikes has been active for just a few days, and it has immediately and fundamentally altered baseball’s strategy. Players have always thought an umpire’s borderline ball or strike call was bogus; now, they not only have the ability to do something about it (besides lose their minds), but they must calculate in a matter of seconds whether or not it’s worth it to do something about it right now.
