What Billy Gil has said about Automated ball-strike system
1 quote · 1 episode · May 1, 2026
Billy Gil, The Ringer podcaster and baseball fan, host on Ringer Tailgate, has been quoted on Automated ball-strike system once in 1 episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast, most recently on May 1, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Gil described a theory that catchers now frame true strikes out of the zone to bait hitters into wasting ABS challenges.
“catchers can now do the opposite, where catchers can catch a ball in the strike zone and frame it out of the strike zone”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Joker’s Out, and Boston Might Be Next. Plus, an MLB Cocktail Party and 'Survivor 50' With Rob Mahoney, Billy Gil, and Jason Concepcion. (May 1, 2026) · Listen from 1:24:25
Episodes
Joker’s Out, and Boston Might Be Next. Plus, an MLB Cocktail Party and 'Survivor 50' With Rob Mahoney, Billy Gil, and Jason Concepcion.The Bill Simmons Podcast · May 1, 2026 · 2 h 17 min
Bill Simmons recaps a wild NBA playoff night with Rob Mahoney, runs through MLB's early storylines with Billy Gil, and dissects 'Survivor 50' with Jason Concepcion.
Others on Automated ball-strike system
- Bill Simmons · 1 quote
- Zach Lowe · 1 quote