MLB will be testing an automatic balls and strikes challenge system this spring training. Here's how it works.

ABS is MLB’s name for an automated strike zone — also known as robot umps. In a full ABS game, there will be a human umpire ...

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Starting Thursday at Camelback Ranch, where the Dodgers and Cubs will open Cactus League play, the ABS challenge system will ...

Major League Baseball (MLB) is introducing robots to spring training this year on a trial basis in the form of the ABS ...

Here is what every big leaguer needs to know about ABS, according to players and managers who have experience with it in the ...

Major League Baseball will use the new technology during select 2025 Spring Training games to get real-time results and ...

MLB introduced the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) in 2025 spring training to improve umpire accuracy and reduce human ...

Beginning Thursday, the automated ball and strike system will allow players to challenge umpires’ calls. If all goes well, ...

COMING SOON: The Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) presented by @TMobile will be used during Spring Training games ...

A bit of baseball history occurred during the Cubs’ spring training game against the Dodgers on Thursday afternoon. Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet became the first player in spring training to ...

MLB's latest venture appears to be taking more of the human element out of the game, with a test run of an automatic balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system put in during 2025 spring training.