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

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

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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 ...

The Chicago Cubs kicked off their exhibition schedule on Thursday against the defending World Series champion Los Angeles ...

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 ...

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

Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph fastball he threw to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy was in 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 ...

It took just one inning for the Chicago Cubs right-hander to be the first player to successfully challenge a ball-strike call ...

Baseball fans at Peoria Sports Complex weighed in on the new automated ball-strike challenge system that is being tested in ...