Brett Baty Made History in the Worst Possible Way and the Mets' Luck Just Got Worse
Brett Baty of the New York Mets just became the first player in MLB history to have a bases-loaded walk overturned and turned into an inning-ending strikeout by the league's new challenge system. Yeah, you read that right. A walk. Turned into a K. And it happened on a bases-loaded situation where a run would've scored.
It went down in the first inning of Sunday's doubleheader opener between the Rockies and Mets. Plate umpire Ryan Blakney made the initial call: ball four, Baty takes first, run scores. But Colorado challenged it. The robots took a look and sent it back. Called third strike instead. Baty dropped his bat and started peeling off his batting gloves, already heading to first base when Blakney told him to turn around and get back in the box. That's the kind of moment that sticks with you all season.
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Here's the wild part: Blakney wasn't just challenged once. He got challenged four times in that same first inning, and three of those calls got overturned. Three reversals in one inning. That's the kind of zone management that makes you wonder what the heck the umpires are doing out there anymore. The challenge system is supposed to get it right, but when you're flipping three calls in a single frame, it feels like something's off.
The Mets Keep Finding New Ways to Lose
The Rockies ended up winning that game 3-1, dealing the Mets their 15th loss in their last 17 games. That's the kind of stretch that gets managers' job security questions asked in the dugout. And now Baty's got this historical asterisk next to his name, the guy who got robbed in a way nobody's ever been robbed before.
The Mariners, meanwhile, picked up a clutch 3-2 win over St. Louis the same day. That's the kind of win that matters when you're fighting for positioning early in the season.
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