Cubs pitcher Poteet wins 1st challenge in MLB's ABS test

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
Cubs' Cody Poteet Wins 1st-Ever Automated Ball-Strike Challenge of MLB Spring Training
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Dodgers Spring Training: Cody Poteet Uses 1st Test Of ABS Challenge System Against Max Muncy
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs met on Thursday for the first matchup of Spring Training, with the visiting Cubs winning a lopsided affair. However, the lopsided score took a backseat to player performances and the debut of Major League Baseball’s Automatic Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system.
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.
Cubs' Cody Poteet: Slated to start spring opener
Poteet is in line to start Thursday's Cactus League game against the Dodgers, Jordan Bastian and Sonja Chen of MLB.com report.
Players 1, umpires 0: Cubs hurler Cody 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.
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.
MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System to be used in 8 Braves spring training games
Major League Baseball’s Automatic Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) will be used in eight Atlanta Braves games this spring.
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ABS challenge system early hit as it makes MLB debut in Dodgers-Cubs spring training game
The automated ball-strike challenge system made its MLB debut Thursday in the Dodgers-Cubs spring training game. It's an early hit.
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.
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