Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) presents challenges for MLB: Crowquill
Major League Baseball (MLB) is introducing robots to spring training this year on a trial basis in the form of the ABS (Alternate Ball-Strike System). ABS will peer over the home plate umpire’s shoulder to provide the right call if a team challenges the ump’s ball or strike call.
Changing one ball to a strike can completely alter an inning. Saturday was proof of that. The New York Yankees used the ...
Five parks in Arizona and eight in Florida have been fitted with the ABS challenge system technology this spring.
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Dodgers on short end of first ABS challenge in major league historyMLB is testing out an automated strike zone and the challenge system at various parks in spring training. In the Dodgers’ ...
Training game of 2025 featured the debut of the ABS Challenge System and more. Subscribe to MLB Morning Lineup wherever you ...
As Major League Baseball continues experimenting with the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system, not all players are ...
Using it in spring training will help the league determine whether to implement the system at the major league level in 2026.
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