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 ...

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

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

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 ...

A system for hitters, catchers and pitchers to challenge balls and strikes is being tested in some spring training ballparks.

A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition ...

Robot umpires haven't arrived at Major League Baseball ... than 60% of spring training games across Arizona and Florida. The setup represents a compromise between humans and full ABS, allowing ...

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

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 ...