The automated ball-strike challenge system (ABS) made its Midsummer Classic debut and changed the game immediately.

Over the past few days, nearly everything has suggested that the Boston Red Sox won't even consider selling out the trade deadline, which is an auspicious sign for the organization.

The Red Sox farm system has long skewed toward position players in recent years and been light on pitching — so much so that part of hiring chief baseball officer Craig Breslow two years ago was to r...