
Ole Miss
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Elite level gaslighting. A true pro.




I was really looking forward to ABS in the SEC tournament. Fans love it more than I expected in pro ball. Now that I know the zone is going to be big (not even technically a strike under the rulebook), I’m not so sure. For example, the pitch in this graphic is most definitely a ball in the big leagues and probably in most SEC games. 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). I guess we will see. It will likely take out the most egregious bad calls but leave mildly bad calls which is so odd to me. 🤔 But that’s the point of an experiment.





















