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 ...

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

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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Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona says he's told players not to use the experimental Automated Ball-Strike System in ...

Cody Poteet successfully challenged a fastball he threw in the Cubs' spring training opener with MLB's Automated Ball-Strike ...

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

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

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