Dodgers Dugout: How Do The Dodgers Do In Abs Challenges?

Hi, and invited to different version of Dodgers Dugout. My sanction is Houston Mitchell and my 2nd favourite announcer is nan awesome Harry Doyle.

Who is nan champion astatine ABS challenges?

A friend of mine, Tom Black, asked maine nan different time why Freddie Freeman ne'er makes an ABS challenge. It made maine wonderment who makes a batch of challenges, who’s nan champion astatine it, etc., which led to this newsletter.

The fields instituted nan Automated Ball-Strike situation strategy this season, which allows a batter, pitcher aliases catcher to situation an umpire’s shot aliases onslaught call.

First, immoderate speedy ABS rules:

1. Only nan batter, pitcher aliases catcher tin make a challenge. No 1 else.

2. Challenges must beryllium made instantly aft nan umpire’s call, without assistance from nan dugout aliases different players.

3. The subordinate taps his headdress aliases helmet to alert nan umpire to his desire to situation nan call. Players are besides encouraged to verbalize their challenge, to time off thing to doubt, but nan cap/helmet pat represents nan charismatic challenge.

4. A squad gets 2 challenges per game. If a situation is successful, they clasp their challenge. Theoretically, you could situation each transportation arsenic agelong you were correct each time. Once you are incorrect twice, you are retired of challenges.

5. If a crippled goes into other innings, immoderate squad that starts nan other inning retired of challenges will get 1 situation for nan 10th inning. If they exhaust that challenge, they will past get different situation for nan 11th, and truthful on. If a squad has challenges remaining astatine nan commencement of nan 10th inning, they will not get an further situation for that inning, though they will for immoderate consequent inning if they are retired of challenges astatine nan commencement of nan inning.

There has been an mean of 4.1 challenges per game.

From MLB.com:

How is nan ABS onslaught area measured?

Like nan plate, it is 17 inches wide. The apical extremity of nan area is astatine 53.5% of nan player’s height, while nan bottommost is astatine 27% of nan player’s height. The extent of nan area is 8.5 inches from some nan beforehand and backmost of nan sheet to its center.

All position players successful Spring Training had their heights measured by a squad of independent testers conducting manual measurements and by representatives from a investigation institute utilizing biomechanical study to corroborate nan manual measurements and safeguard against imaginable manipulation. Players are measured opinionated consecutive up without cleats.

And now that nan method worldly is retired of nan way, let’s look astatine who is bully and bad astatine challenges (all numbers done Tuesday and courtesy of baseball-reference.com):

Teams that are astir successful astatine getting calls overturned:

1. Arizona, 60.2% (68 of 113)
2. Cincinnati, 59.9% (85 of 142)
3. Detroit, 59.5% (78 of 131)
4. Chicago Cubs, 59.4% (82 of 138)
5. Texas, 58.7% (64 of 109)
6. Dodgers, 58.4% (73 of 125)

The 5 worst:
1. Pittsburgh, 42.4% (53 of 125)
2. Cleveland, 44.7% (68 of 152)
3. Washington, 45.8%, (60 of 131)
4. Chicago White Sox, 47.2% (76 of 161)
5. San Francisco, 48.1% (65 of 135)

Minnesota has made nan astir challenges pinch 179, Boston nan fewest pinch 105.

Best situation overturned % by hitters (minimum 7 challenges):

CJ Abrams, Washington, 100% (7 for 7)
Nick Kurtz, Athletics, 85.7% (6 for 7)
Xander Bogaerts, San Diego, 75% (9 for 12)
Davis Schneider, Toronto, 75% (9 for 12)
Aaron Judge, Yankees, 75% (6 for 8)
Teoscar Hernández, Dodgers, 70% (7 for 10)
Brent Rooker, Athletics, 70% (7 for 10)
Jose Altuve, Houston, 69.2% (9 for 13)

The worst
Trea Turner, Philadelphia, 12.5% (1 for 8)
Spencer Horwitz, Pittsburgh, 14.3% (1 for 7)
Andrés Giménez, Toronto, 14.3% (1 for 7)
James Wood, Washington, 20% (3 for 15)
Mauricio Dubón, Atlanta, 22.2% (2 for 9)

Most challenges by a batter
Sal Stewart, Cincinnati, 29 (65.5%, 19 for 29)
Gary Sánchez, Milwaukee, 19 (42.1%, 8 for 19)
Cam Smith, Houston, 17 (41.2%, 7 for 17)
José Caballero, Yankees, 16 (56.3%, 9 for 16)
Ronald Acuña Jr., Atlanta, 16 (43.8%, 7 for 16)

Best situation overturned % by catchers, minimum 10 challenges
Carson Kelly, Chicago Cubs, 84.4% (27 for 32)
Mitch Garver, Seattle, 81.8% (18 for 22)
J.T. Realmuto, Philadelphia, 80.8% (21 for 26)
Travis d’Arnaud, Angels, 80% (8 for 10)
Sandy León, Atlanta, 77.8% (14 for 18)
Salvador Perez, Kansas City, 75% (33 for 44)

Worst situation overturned % by catchers, minimum 10 challenges
Bo Naylor, Cleveland, 33.3% (4 for 12)
Jhonny Pereda, Seattle, 35% (7 for 20)
Samuel Basallo, Baltimore, 36.4% (8 for 22)
Drew Millas, Washington, 38.9% (14 for 36)
Elias Díaz, Texas, 40% (4 for 10)

Most challenges by a catcher
William Contreras, Milwaukee, 81 (60.5%, 49 for 81)
Edgar Quero, White Sox, 66 (48.5%, 32 for 66)
Nick Fortes, Tampa Bay, 58 (58.6%, 34 for 58)
Patrick Bailey, Cleveland, 55 (58.2%, 32 for 55)
Shea Langeliers, Athletics, 53 (58.5%, 31 for 53)

Pitchers don’t make very galore challenges. The astir is 5 by Freddy Peralta of nan Mets.

How Dodgers batters person done:

Freddie Freeman, 100% (1 for 1)
Mookie Betts, 75% (3 for 4)
Teoscar Hernández, 70% (7 for 10)
Miguel Rojas, 62.5% (5 for 8)
Alex Call, 60% (3 for 5)
Alex Freeland, 50% (1 for 2)
Max Muncy, 50% (2 for 4)
Will Smith, 50% (1 for 2)
Kyle Tucker, 40% (2 for 5)
Andy Pages, 33.3% (3 for 9)
Shohei Ohtani, 33.3% (1 for 3)
Dalton Rushing, 33.3% (1 for 3)
Hyeseong Kim, 0% (0 for 1)

Dodgers catchers
Will Smith, 66% (31 for 47)
Dalton Rushing, 61.1% (11 for 18)

Dodgers pitchers
Tyler Glasnow, 100% (1 for 1)
Edwin Diaz, 0% (0 for 1)
Kyle Hurt, 0% (0 for 1)

Big milestone for Freeman

Freddie Freeman sewage his 2,500th deed during nan rout of Pittsburgh connected Tuesday.

“It intends a lot,” Freeman told reporters aft nan game. “And past erstwhile your head and teammates admit what you’ve done complete nan people of your career, it does mean a lot. Yeah, there’s ever different extremity to get to. But to measurement backmost and recognize really agelong you person to play … to play astatine a precocious level complete many, galore years to get there, it does mean a lot.”

Freeman became only nan 102nd subordinate successful history to get 2,500 hits. He is connected gait to decorativeness pinch 167 hits this season, which would springiness him 2,598 hits successful his career, letting him walk nan pursuing players connected nan all-time hits list: Jimmy Ryan, Buddy Bell, Joe Morgan, Todd Helton, Heinie Manush, Garret Anderson, George Van Haltren, Steve Finley, Willie Davis, Manny Ramirez, Richie Ashburn, Ernie Banks, Reggie Jackson, Julio Franco, Vladimir Guerrero and Luis Gonzalez. He would beryllium successful 85th place, conscionable 1 deed down Steve Garvey.

Through Tuesday, Freeman had 796 of his hits pinch nan Dodgers. Up adjacent successful his profession is nan magical 3,000-hit milestone.

“I would emotion to,” Freeman said. “I’m not going to contradict that. But do I cognize if I’m going to get there? I don’t know.”

Will Smith to IL

The Dodgers put Will Smith connected nan injured database because of an inflamed disk successful his cervix and recalled catcher Chuckie Robinson from nan minors. Smith will beryllium eligible to travel disconnected nan IL adjacent Friday.

“Hopefully, nan time I’m capable to travel off,” Smith told reporters, “I tin travel backmost and play, that’s nan scheme for now.”

Robinson had 1 at-bat pinch nan Dodgers past play and successful 52 games successful nan fields he is hitting .131.

Ohtani, Wrobleski hurt?

Thursday’s triumph complete Pittsburgh could person proved costly. Shohei Ohtani near nan crippled because of an inflamed near knee, and pitcher Justin Wrobleski near early aft getting deed connected nan wrong of his correct limb by a liner. He near because of a sore hamstring.

The Dodgers were very optimistic that some would beryllium fine, but we’ll spot really they consciousness connected Friday. Ohtani had room connected that knee successful 2019, but this is successful a different portion of nan knee. Not judge if that’s a bully point aliases bad thing.

“[Friday], he’ll get there, do his routine, play catch, push off, onshore connected it, spot really it reacts,” Roberts said. “And past evidently return swings and spot really it reacts too.”

Up next

Friday: Dodgers (Roki Sasaki, 3-3, 4.03 ERA) astatine Chicago White Sox (Sean Burke, 3-3, 3.88 ERA), 4:40 p.m., Sportsnet LA, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

Saturday: Dodgers (Yoshinobu Yamamoto, 6-4, 2.68 ERA) astatine Chicago White Sox (TBA), 1:10 p.m., Sportsnet LA, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

Sunday: Dodgers (Emmet Sheehan, 3-3, 4.70 ERA) astatine Chicago White Sox (Erick Fedde, 1-5, 4.69 ERA), 11:10 a.m., Sportsnet LA, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

All times Pacific

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