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 ...

Each team will have two challenges per game to call into question ball or strike calls. If the challenge is upheld by the replay, the team retains its challenge.

What to know about robot umpires, automated ball-strike testing, challenges at 2025 MLB spring training Cactus League, ...

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

For the first time in MLB history, a pitch was challenged using the new Automated Ball-Strikes system — and the call on the ...

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

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

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 ...