Salvador Perez and the Kansas City Royals have been baseball’s best at utilizing their robot challenges through the first weekend of the Automated Ball-Strike System.
Perez topped all catchers by going 4-0 on challenges, while San Francisco’s Heliot Ramos and Cincinnati’s Eugenio Suárez were the only batters who went 2-0 — Suárez won his appeals on consecutive pitches.
“I don’t know if I like it or not,” Perez said. “I don’t want the umpire to look bad.”
Three-time MVP Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels is 3-1 on challenges.
Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr. was the only batter who went 0-2.