Yankees' Judge Hits First HR with Robot Ump's Help

0:00On March 29th, Aaron Judge thinks the Yankees prepped a bit too hard for baseball's new automated ball strike system, but it paid off big in there. Three nothing win over the Giants Friday night. In the sixth inning, Judge challenged a strike two, call on an 86 mile per hour slider, got it flipped to a ball, then crushed a two run. Homer, his first of the season, 405 feet to left, driving in Paul Goldschmidt from second. The teams combined for seven successful challenges that night, four for San Francisco, and three for New York, showing the systems already shaking. Things up early, through the first two games of the series, the Yankees went two for three on challenges, while the Giants hit one for two, including a key strike call. On Jazz, Chisholm, Jr. Judge called it a close one, saying he figured the call would stand, but love getting into a better count with Goldy on base. Yankees manager Aaron Boone sees it as an edge, noting their low chase rate last year at 25.6%, put them second in the league.

1:02The Yankees lost the very first MLB challenge of the season on opening day, but Boone believes their heavy prep will turn this into a strength as they. Evolve with the tech. Jose Caballero was the unlucky guy on that debut overturn. Judge admits it's weird tapping his helmet to trigger those 12 Hawkeye cameras, but he'll pick spots in big counts without overdoing it. With the Yankees sweeping the series three to one in the next game, this robotump feels like it's just getting warmed up for the long haul. That wraps MLB news today, brought to you with AI.