"Major League Baseball announced yesterday that the automated ball-strike challenge system will be implemented in the 2026 season, complete with a corporate partnership with T-Mobile. (Yes, that's where we are in late capitalism: rules now have corporate sponsors.) If you've been to any AAA games over the past few years, or paid attention during spring training, then you already know how this works. Every team starts each game with two challenges, which are retained when a challenge is successful."
""It's always appropriate to review those types of decisions," he said. "This offseason, we're going to be faced with similar decisions whether that's pursuing players in free agency or making trades. And we want to put ourselves in the best position so that the information we have about players is accurate. So the short answer is yes.""
"At least Breslow nailed his big offseason pitching acquisition. Garrett Crochet, who leads the league in innings pitched, will likely throw his 200th inning of the season tonight against the Blue Jays, as he rounds out one of best pitching performances of the year."
Major League Baseball will implement an automated ball-strike challenge system in 2026, accompanied by a T-Mobile partnership. The system grants each team two challenges per game that are retained if successful and restricts challenges to the pitcher, batter, or catcher. The Boston Red Sox have struggled to score runs, leading to questions about trade-deadline activity and roster construction. Craig Breslow acknowledged the need to review past decisions and emphasized gathering accurate player information before pursuing trades or free agents. Nathaniel Lowe was acquired to address first base issues. Garrett Crochet has emerged as a durable, high-performing starter.
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