The pitch was called a ball, but it was close, right on the edge of the strike zone. For an instant, Diamondbacks pitcher ...

Tampa Bay Rays catcher Ben Rortvedt tried to pull a fast one on MLB's new Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system on ...

There are no immediate plans to introduce the system in regular-season games yet. Questions remain about how large a role it ...

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MLB is weighing options to dramatically reduce or remove the ubiquitous broadcast strike-zone box as part of bringing the ...

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 ...

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

Diaz’s inability to steal strikes and Paredes’ perpetual victimization by poor umpiring would, at the very least, be ...

For years, MLB fans have begged the league to do something about the atrocious umpiring behind the plate. Pitchers are ...

The Chicago Cubs will kick off their spring training schedule Thursday, and they’ll make a bit of unique MLB history in the ...

MLB players can challenge ball and strike calls. The camera-based system is only an experiment for now — but it has the ...