Terry Francona telling Reds veterans they can ignore MLB’s ball-strike challenge experiment
Reds manager Terry Francona doesn’t see the point of asking his veteran players to utilize the experimental ABS system during ...
Cardinals using spring games to strategize review of called balls and strikes
That Crooks, rather than his pitchers, would be the one to challenge a call on the defensive side of the ball is no accident.
Dodgers vs. Cubs: 6 takeaways from the first games of spring training 2025
With the Tokyo Series to open the 2025 MLB season approaching in mid-March, the Cubs and Dodgers got a head start on spring ...
MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System to be used in 8 Braves spring training games
Major League Baseball’s Automatic Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) will be used in eight Atlanta Braves games this spring.
Hello, robo-umps. Cardinals to challenge early (and often?) in 1st look at automated K zone
As the St. Louis Cardinals open Grapefruit League play vs. Miami, they'll play their first of 24 games this spring with the ...
WATCH: Chicago Cubs Pitcher Makes History With ABS Challenge in Spring Training Game
The Chicago Cubs kicked off their exhibition schedule on Thursday against the defending World Series champion Los Angeles ...
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Explaining spring training's ABS system after Max Muncy’s first at-bat for Dodgers
The Dodgers opened spring training on Thursday afternoon with a matchup against the Cubs, and something weird happened in the ...
Rise of the Robots: MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike System Flawless in Spring Debut
Major League Baseball is back. And the robots have arrived. The defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers opened Spring Training Thursday at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, when they ...
Dodgers get first look at MLB’s automated ball/strike challenge system: ‘Don’t hate the idea’
There are no immediate plans to introduce the system in regular-season games yet. Questions remain about how large a role it ...
Dodgers 'don't hate the idea' of MLB's automated ball/strike system
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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Vox populi regarding the 2025 Dodgers
93 percent of the respondents thought the Dodgers will win at least 100 games in 2025. A 52% majority have the Dodgers winning in excess of 105 games, which shows all of my prior warnings to not tempt ...
Robot umps make early impact: Cubs pitcher wins first ABS challenge in spring training game
It took just one inning for the Chicago Cubs right-hander to be the first player to successfully challenge a ball-strike call ...