Cubs' Cody Poteet Wins 1st-Ever Automated Ball-Strike Challenge of MLB Spring Training
Cody Poteet is going to be the answer to a trivia question one day. The Chicago Cubs pitcher became the first player at the major league level to successfully challenge a ball/strike call using the automatic ball and strike system MLB is testing during Spring Training games this year.
Players 1, umpires 0: Cubs hurler Cody Poteet makes first ABS challenge in spring training and wins
The first test of the Automated Ball-Strike System went off without a hitch Thursday, with Randazzo quickly reversing the call.
Cubs' Cody Poteet makes first ABS challenge in spring training and wins
Cody Poteet successfully challenged a fastball he threw in the Cubs' spring training opener with MLB's Automated Ball-Strike System.
WATCH: Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet wins first automated ball-strike challenge of 2025 spring training
As you may have picked up, Poteet appealed the ball ruling by tapping the top of the head. Review of the pitch indeed flipped it from a called ball to a strike, which means Poteet
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Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet makes first Automated Ball-Strike System challenge in spring training, and wins
The first test of the ABS System went off without a hitch Thursday, with the plate umpire quickly reversing the call.
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Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet makes first ABS challenge in spring training and wins
Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph fastball he threw to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy was in the strike zone. Home plate umpire Tony Randazzo disagreed and
Cubs' Poteet gets first-ever strike-zone challenge in an MLB game
Cody Poteet has his pitch overturned from a ball to a strike after a successful strike-zone challenge during an at-bat, the first-ever in an MLB spring training game.
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Players 1, umpires 0: Cubs hurler makes first ABS challenge and wins
Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph fastball he threw to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy was in the strike zone. Plate umpire Tony
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Cody Poteet strikes out Max Muncy
Cody Poteet strikes out Max Muncy for the first out in the bottom of the 1st inning, his first strikeout of Spring Training
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Cubs pitcher wins first ABS challenge in spring training
Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph fastball he threw to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy was in the strike zone.
Players 1, umpires 0: Cubs' Poteet makes first ABS challenge in spring training and wins
Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph fastball he threw to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy was in the strike zone. Plate umpire Tony
Cubs pitcher Poteet wins first challenge in MLB's ABS test
Cody Poteet became the first player to challenge a ball/strike call in a major league game when he asked for a review in Thursday's spring opener.