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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

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.

Bellinger is a former NL MVP who was a big part of the Los Angeles Dodgers winning the 2020 World Series. He has a history with the Yankees, as his father Clay helped the organization win the World Series in 1999 and 2000.

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.

What if I told you there was once a day when human umpires ruled all? It didn't matter if they were right, wrong, or somewhere in between. These human umpires o

Cody Poteet successfully challenged a fastball he threw in the Cubs' spring training opener with MLB's Automated Ball-Strike System.

Poteet is in line to start Thursday's Cactus League game against the Dodgers, Jordan Bastian and Sonja Chen of MLB.com report.

A bit of baseball history occurred during the Cubs’ spring training game against the Dodgers on Thursday afternoon. Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet became the first player in spring training to challenge a call using the new ABS (Automated Ball-Strike System),

The automated ball-strike challenge system made its MLB debut Thursday in the Dodgers-Cubs spring training game. It's an early hit.

The first test of the Automated Ball-Strike System went off without a hitch Thursday, with Randazzo quickly reversing the call.