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Posted on 5/19/26 at 10:17 am
Posted on 5/19/26 at 10:17 am
Would be cool to post all the challenges over the course of this week. Just to see the impacts and how many.
We start off in game 1. Ole Miss made the challenge and lost.
If you see a challenge in these SEC games post it. Might be a lengthy thread by time tourney is over
We start off in game 1. Ole Miss made the challenge and lost.
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Posted on 5/19/26 at 10:28 am to OU Guy
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Mizzou wins challenge
Probably better to say who made the challenge and if they succeeded in overturning the original call. In this case Ole Miss made the challenge and it was not successful.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 11:32 am to PsychTiger
They are celebrating losing the challenge just to be first. Hang the banner! ATM will be jealous they can’t hang the banner in their empty trophy room.
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Posted on 5/19/26 at 11:37 am to OU Guy
Mizzou catcher is what... 5-5 in getting balls overturned?
Posted on 5/19/26 at 11:43 am to MemphisGuy
Wow, I found the SEC live challenge tracker.
SEC ABS Web App Tracker LINK
LIVE TRACKER
Challenge Tracker
Every ABS challenge from the 2026 SEC Baseball Tournament — with success rates by team, hitter, catcher, and pitcher. Updates in real time during games.
GLOSSARY
CHALLENGE
A request by the batter, catcher, or pitcher to have a ball or strike call reviewed by the ABS system.
OFFENSIVE CHALLENGE
The batting team challenging a called strike, hoping for it to be overturned to a ball.
DEFENSIVE CHALLENGE
The fielding team challenging a called ball, hoping for it to be overturned to a strike.
OVERTURNED
The on-field call was wrong; ABS reverses it. The challenging team retains the challenge.
CONFIRMED
The on-field call was right; ABS upholds it. The challenging team loses that challenge.
OVERTURN %
Share of a player or team's challenges that were overturned. Measures challenge accuracy.
OVERTURNED AGAINST
How many times an opponent successfully challenged a call involving this team.
NET OVERTURNS
The team's overturns minus opponents' overturns against them. Captures both sides of the system.
SEC ABS Web App Tracker LINK
LIVE TRACKER
Challenge Tracker
Every ABS challenge from the 2026 SEC Baseball Tournament — with success rates by team, hitter, catcher, and pitcher. Updates in real time during games.
GLOSSARY
CHALLENGE
A request by the batter, catcher, or pitcher to have a ball or strike call reviewed by the ABS system.
OFFENSIVE CHALLENGE
The batting team challenging a called strike, hoping for it to be overturned to a ball.
DEFENSIVE CHALLENGE
The fielding team challenging a called ball, hoping for it to be overturned to a strike.
OVERTURNED
The on-field call was wrong; ABS reverses it. The challenging team retains the challenge.
CONFIRMED
The on-field call was right; ABS upholds it. The challenging team loses that challenge.
OVERTURN %
Share of a player or team's challenges that were overturned. Measures challenge accuracy.
OVERTURNED AGAINST
How many times an opponent successfully challenged a call involving this team.
NET OVERTURNS
The team's overturns minus opponents' overturns against them. Captures both sides of the system.
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Posted on 5/19/26 at 11:44 am to OU Guy
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Posted on 5/19/26 at 12:40 pm to OU Guy
So far
Mizzou 8 challenges, 7 overturned
Ole Miss 1 challenge, 0 overturned
Each team has 2 challenges left. Once you lose 3 challenges you are done
Mizzou 8 challenges, 7 overturned
Ole Miss 1 challenge, 0 overturned
Each team has 2 challenges left. Once you lose 3 challenges you are done
Posted on 5/19/26 at 12:44 pm to OU Guy
I’d like to see it all be ABS. Collegiate umpires have always been pretty sub standard
Posted on 5/19/26 at 12:44 pm to OU Guy
Just for everyone's information, they are giving pitchers an inch on either side of the plate and ~3 inches above and below the zone on the ABS system. So ABS isn't necessarily calling the strike zone. I'm ok with it for college pitchers but I'm curious how wrong these calls actually are pursuant to what the strike zone actually is. If they let ABS call the actual zone, at the college level, we'd see so many more walks than we already do IMO
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Posted on 5/19/26 at 12:48 pm to lsufball19
Good points. I thought same thing when they announced the zone. Would think its best for pitchers to mimic MLB but maybe they knew would lead to too many walks and didn't want that right off the bat?
Posted on 5/19/26 at 12:50 pm to lsufball19
quote:calling bullshite on this. they shouldnt implement the ABS if its not the strike zone
they are giving pitchers an inch on either side of the plate and ~3 inches above and below the zone on the ABS system. So ABS isn't necessarily calling the strike zon
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Posted on 5/19/26 at 12:50 pm to OU Guy
I am against anything that is going to make the game longer than it already is.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 12:55 pm to BigAL Golesh
quote:
calling bullshite on this
why? It's a fact that they expanded the strike zone for ABS in the SECT. The SEC has already released a graphic proving this to be the case
here's a mathematical breakdown comparing it to the MLB ABS system
quote:
Official SEC 2026 ABS specs:
?• Width: 19 inches (home plate is 17” wide).?• Top: 58% of the batter’s certified standing height.?• Bottom: 23% of the batter’s certified standing height.?• It’s positioned over the middle of the plate (8.5” in front of the back tip).
For comparison (per MLB’s official ABS specs):
?• Width: 17 inches.?• Top: 53.5% of height.?• Bottom: 27% of height.
That’s roughly 6–7 inches bigger vertically than MLB’s 2026 ABS zone for the same player. Add the extra 2 inches of width and you get a noticeably bigger target. For a typical SEC hitter around 6’1” (73”), the zone runs from roughly 16.8” to 42.3” high. Still a big rectangle that includes pitches that would often look “up” or “down” to the naked eye (and definitely off the plate edges).
This post was edited on 5/19/26 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 5/19/26 at 1:46 pm to lsufball19
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Add the extra 2 inches of width and you get a noticeably bigger target.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 1:57 pm to lsufball19
It would be interesting if in the future you could have a dynamic ABS which adjusted to a batter's height and even stance. Doesn't seem too far fetched really.
Edit : Never mind, after reading that again it looks like it does adjust for players height.
Edit : Never mind, after reading that again it looks like it does adjust for players height.
This post was edited on 5/19/26 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 5/19/26 at 2:45 pm to YankeeHandle
Just imagine how many seasonal games were umped so poorly and how it might have changed standings in a middle packed conference.
We now have 10 challenges and 80% overturned rate
8 overturned
2 confirmed
We now have 10 challenges and 80% overturned rate
8 overturned
2 confirmed
Posted on 5/19/26 at 3:25 pm to OU Guy
11 changes
9 overturned
2 confirmed
82% overturn rate
Long day for SEC umps
9 overturned
2 confirmed
82% overturn rate
Long day for SEC umps
Posted on 5/19/26 at 3:31 pm to lsufball19
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but I'm curious how wrong these calls actually are pursuant to what the strike zone actually is.
I really only saw one, maybe two in the Ole Miss game that were for sure balls that were called strikes. Serna was very good at guessing which ones were close enough and asking for reviews.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 3:51 pm to OU Guy
quote:
Long day for SEC umps
From a % overturned, yes. I'm sure I missed something, but none of the one I saw were egregious. The worst was 2.3". Again, I very well may have missed worse.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 4:38 pm to borotiger
15 challenges
12 overturned
3 confirmed
80% rate
Only on 2nd game. Think of a normal SEC weekend series which is 24 games total. And imagine how many challenges there would be. Not saying its good or bad but that would be a lot of them. If each game had 10, thats 240 challenges. And would avg 192 overturned.
12 overturned
3 confirmed
80% rate
Only on 2nd game. Think of a normal SEC weekend series which is 24 games total. And imagine how many challenges there would be. Not saying its good or bad but that would be a lot of them. If each game had 10, thats 240 challenges. And would avg 192 overturned.
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