Red Sox Struggle with New Challenge System

0:00It's April 3rd. Welcome in. This is Boston Red Sox News today, where your team meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. Leaguewide, players are nailing challenges at 55% after the first week, with pitchers and catchers hitting 58% success, and batters at 52%. But the Red Sox? They're struggling hard, sitting 23rd overall and dead last in the AL East, with just a 45% rate, overturning only 5 out of. 11 calls. Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles lead the pack at 86%, flipping 12 of 14 decisions while the New York Yankees trail close at 83%. Boston's not just missing on the calls. Their burning challenges way too early, like in that tight loss to the Reds where they used both by the 3rd. Guys like Roman Anthony, owned up after challenging a called strike that didn't flip, saying it was the wrong spot to get aggressive. Then against Houston, catchers and Sedan Rafaella jumped on pitches that stood, leaving

1:03no ammo later when Umsk kept missing calls. Manager Alex Cora's, calling it a learning curve, with the new system emotions are running hot, since some players haven't touched it in years. He wants them to chill, play straight early, and save challenges for crunch time. The socks aim to fix this and snap their five game skid Friday afternoon against the San Diego Padres at 210 Eastern. Let's see if they dial it in.