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 ...

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

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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The Reds are one of a handful of teams with an automatic ball-strike system in spring training, but their manager won’t let them use it.

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

ABS has arrived at Goodyear Ballpark where the Guardians and Reds play their Cactus League home games this spring. It was on display Saturday when the Guardians and Reds opened the spring season ...

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

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

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

He figures there’s little point for veterans to use it since the system won’t be in effect in the majors this season.