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 ...

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

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

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

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

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Technological advancements change all industries, and Major League Baseball is no exception. During Spring Training MLB will ...

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

This year's MLB spring training could prove more consequential than any in years past as MLB will experiment with ABS, the ...

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 ...

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