ABS, which has been identified, and the winner is the higher side

It is ABS (robot trial), the biggest topic in the KBO League in the 2024 season. It is a major innovation that completely breaks the existing framework of baseball. In any system, it is divided between pros and cons when new players join the team.

However, ABS was hardly easy for anyone to argue against. It is not easy to openly oppose the concept based on the value of "fairness." Some people even suggested that "the romance of baseball will disappear." If the concept was fair to everyone regardless of position, the system had to accept at some point.

The goal of a professional is to win. You have to know yourself and analyze your opponent.

Now is the time to study ABS as well. As it was the first season since its introduction, it was imperative to figure out which zone ABS would hold and which zone ABS would not hold. The key was where to throw a pitcher to make it difficult for a batter to hit, and at the same time, whether a pitcher could be ruled as a strike was also crucial.

When the team played about 10 games each since the opening of the season, the "high zone" is the most frequently talked about among coaches, coaches, and players. When starting the ABS test, I thought the lower zone would be the key. When a curveball was put into the ground, the team ruled for a strike. Regardless of the position the catcher uses, if he crosses the zone, the ABS system, which is a strike, will flow out, and a pitcher who is good at throwing falling breaking balls will be advantageous.

However, when the game was played, the public opinion of the field is that "ABS is stingy on the low side while making a generous decision on the high side."

In the end, it seems that pitchers and batters have to compete in the zone. However, each person has a different perspective on this.

First of all, Hanwha welcomes ABS. Manager Choi Won-ho said, "Our team's bullpen pitchers are all fast. When a fastball is in the high zone, it is difficult for a batter to hit a ball. This is one of the reasons why our team's early performance was so good." Hanwha will throw fastballs with 150 kilometers range, including Joo Hyun-sang, Han Seung-hyuk, and Kim Bum-soo, as well as closer Park Sang-won.

NC manager Kang In-kwon also agreed with Choi's opinion, saying, "The more fast-throwing pitchers are, the more advantageous they are."

However, he said fastballs are not everything. "A pitcher is tempted to throw to the high pitch. But the most dangerous is the mistake that goes in there," Kang said. Usually, the best mistake a batter makes is a ball that comes from the middle to the high pitch. This season, the KBO League has seen a remarkable early trend of batting and pitching, and Kang analyzed that the aftermath of this high pitch is largely affected.

LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said, "In fact, according to the ABS principle, pitchers should have an advantage. However, there are a lot of long hits in the early days of the season." There have been talks about the coefficient of backlash of official ball, but the fact that there are a lot of long hits in the end means that the ball is concentrated on the higher side.

Pitching coach Bae Young-soo of the SSG Landers gave a firm conclusion on this. Bae said, "Throwing hard doesn't always mean you have an advantage. Our team also practiced a lot to try to use the higher side in the spring camp, but in the actual game, the ball didn't go as we wanted. After all, even if you know where you have an advantage, you have to be able to throw it to gain an advantage."

BY: 토토사이트링크