I'm thinking about ABS. Tampa Bay's Kim Ha-sung, who gave up one strike and one strikeout against the Dodgers, has one hit, one walk, and multiple bases. The team lost 0-3

Aug 04, 2025

Why it is necessary to introduce ABS (autonomous pitching judgment system) to Major League Baseball'

The Tampa Bay Rays" `Awesome Kim' was caught by the referee's poor ball decision. If ABS had been introduced, there was a good possibility that it would not have been a strikeout.

Kim Ha-sung is George M. in Tampa, Florida, USA, in the early morning of the 4th (hereinafter referred to as Korean time).He started as the fifth second baseman in an interleague home game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Steinbrenner Field and recorded one hit and one walk in three at-bats. With this, Kim Ha-sung's batting average for the season is 0.214 (9 hits in 42 times at bat).

Kim Ha-sung, who entered the 10-day injured list (IL) due to a back injury, made one hit in four at-bats in his return match against the Los Angeles Dodgers on the 2nd, signaling that he is back in good shape. However, he had no hits in four at-bats in the game on the 3rd. Blake Snell, who was a teammate during the San Diego Padres, was thoroughly hit with a strikeout, a grounder to third base, and a fly ball to left field. Kim Ha-sung also struck out in his last at-bat.

In the match, Korea and Japan staged a duel of pitching and hitting. The Dodgers starter was Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Kim Ha-sung came out as the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the second inning and faced Yamamoto. However, he hit a splitter (91.3 miles per hour) on the fourth pitch and grounded out to second base.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, he became a scapegoat for the decision in his second at-bat with one out and a runner on first base. Yamamoto's fourth-pitch splitter (90.3 miles) on the ball count 1B2S entered the deep course. Kim Ha-sung did not swing. It wasn't a fast ball that couldn't make the bat, but it didn't move. It was determined that he was out of the strike zone.

However, the referee raised his hand and declared a strikeout. Kim Ha-sung was disappointed. It is a controversial decision. In fact, on MLB.COM's Game Day pitching graphic on the official Major League website, Yamamoto's four pitches were marked as if they were slightly out of the strike zone on the body. If there was an ABS, it would have been declared a ball.

MLB Dotcom Game Day Capture

However, Kim Ha-sung was not frustrated, and he had a hit in the third match against Yamamoto. Kim Ha-sung, who came to the batter's box after two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning when he was trailing 0-1, pulled the cutter (91.8 miles) that came into the third pitch from the ball count 2B and dropped it in front of the left field to take the first base. Yamamoto went down the mound after being hit by Kim Ha-sung. But that was the end of the Tampa Bay offensive. He failed to score an equalizer due to a failed follow-up.

Later, Kim Ha-sung succeeded in getting on base in his last at-bat as a leadoff hitter in the bottom of the ninth inning. He drew a walk against Dodgers bullpen pitcher Blake Treinen to achieve multiple bases. It was Kim Ha-sung's fourth multi-base hit this season.

However, Kim Ha-sung failed to come home again this time. One out later, when Jake Maeng-um hit the right field, Kim Ha-sung went to third base. However, pinch hitter Tristan Gray struck out swinging, and with the bases loaded with two outs, Yandi Diaz ended up hitting a ground ball to shortstop and suffered a young Bongbong defeat.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.