Framing impact rating/ABS?

ChrisG · 09-29-2025, 02:54 PM

So if you had to guess...what do we all think the realistic catcher framing impact should be for the 2026 season with ABS coming into play? Won't be 0 of course, but surely will go down a bit. How much?

koohead · 10-01-2025, 12:53 PM

Still think it will have a significant impact. Considering teams only have 2 challenges, they will not "willy nilly" challenge questionable calls that are the ones impacted by a good framer. It would be the egregious ones that get called. I'd say a 10% decrease on impact on the very high end.

ChrisG · 10-01-2025, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by koohead

Still think it will have a significant impact. Considering teams only have 2 challenges, they will not "willy nilly" challenge questionable calls that are the ones impacted by a good framer. It would be the egregious ones that get called. I'd say a 10% decrease on impact on the very high end.

What setting would you personally pick?

koohead · 10-02-2025, 06:36 PM

I have always left it at 5(Average). Personally I would not go below 4 for the reasons mentioned above. Another consideration would be to tweak the framing balance value under modifiers...but this is set during auto-calc if you use it and small amounts tend to make big differences.
It is really hard to statistically say what impact if any there will be...perhaps after a season or two of data we would be able to accurately model it in the game

09-29-2025, 02:54 PM	#1
ChrisG Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 399	Framing impact rating/ABS? So if you had to guess...what do we all think the realistic catcher framing impact should be for the 2026 season with ABS coming into play? Won't be 0 of course, but surely will go down a bit. How much?

10-01-2025, 12:53 PM	#2
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,211	Still think it will have a significant impact. Considering teams only have 2 challenges, they will not "willy nilly" challenge questionable calls that are the ones impacted by a good framer. It would be the egregious ones that get called. I'd say a 10% decrease on impact on the very high end. __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

10-02-2025, 06:36 PM	#4
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,211	I have always left it at 5(Average). Personally I would not go below 4 for the reasons mentioned above. Another consideration would be to tweak the framing balance value under modifiers...but this is set during auto-calc if you use it and small amounts tend to make big differences. It is really hard to statistically say what impact if any there will be...perhaps after a season or two of data we would be able to accurately model it in the game __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;