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NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Catchers were far more successful than batters through Major League Baseball’s<\/a> first full week of challenges to robot umpires, led by the Detroit Tigers and Dillon Dingler.<\/p>\n

The overall success rate in the Automated Ball-Strike System was 55.2% (299 of 542), with fielding teams winning 59.7% of challenges (175 of 293), including 60.4% by catchers (169 of 280).<\/p>\n

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