One tap too many, apparently. Rays shortstop Taylor Walls was ejected during the ninth inning of Sunday’s 1-0 loss to the Astros for apparently tapping his helmet. The act was a nod to baseball’s incoming Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system,

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls went nuts and had to repeatedly be physically restrained from going after an umpire after he was ejected from the

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls was ejected from the game on June 1, 2025 after an umpire saw him tap on his helmet in the ninth inning.

Tampa Bay Rays infielder Taylor Walls was ejected in the ninth inning of a 1-0 loss to Houston and had to be restrained during a heated argument.

Taylor Walls was ejected in the ninth inning of the game after tapping his helmet. Here's why the umpire saw it as a violation.

During spring training, MLB made the decision to test an automated strike zone (ABS) with a ball-strike challenge system for a majority of Grapefruit and Cactus League games. And to signal a challenge, a batter would tap on his helmet after a pitch. Simple enough.

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A batter tapping their helmet was the signal for challenging a call when the Automated Ball-Strike System was used during spring training in Major League Baseball. The system is still in use in minor league games, but is not currently being used in regular season games in MLB. used.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls was livid Sunday afternoon at Daikin Park. Walls was thrown out of the Rays’ 1-0 loss to the Houston Astros after he got into it with home plate umpire Nick Lentz over what he thought was a missed call. Walls then tapped the top of his helmet, which prompted Lentz to throw him out of the game.

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