Players 1, Umpires 0: Cubs hurler Cody Poteet makes first ABS challenge in spring training and wins
The Dodgers played a few of their regulars in the opener, including shortstop Mookie Betts, third baseman Max Muncy and right ...
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 ...
Dodgers-Cubs Spring Training Game Features First Successful Ball-Strike Challenge
The "automated ball-strike challenge system" or ABS will be active during 60% of spring training games this year, allowing ...
Cubs' Cody Poteet makes first ABS challenge in spring training and wins
Cody Poteet successfully challenged a fastball he threw in the Cubs' spring training opener with MLB's Automated Ball-Strike ...
Cubs win first challenge using new Automated Ball-Strike System
Human umpires still call every pitch, but each team has the ability to challenge two calls per game, with no additions for ...
Mets Notebook: Carlos Mendoza’s squad preparing to play under ABS challenge system in Grapefruit League games
Using it in spring training will help the league determine whether to implement the system at the major league level in 2026.
Orioles observations on bullpen competition, MLB’s ‘interesting’ ABS challenge system and more
Pitchers are always ahead of hitters to begin spring training. It’s easier for pitchers to prepare for facing hitters — ...
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New season, new tech: MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike System takes center stage in Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues
Baseball is steeped in tradition and stubborn to change. But attendance and viewership are on the rise in the major leagues ...
This could be baseball’s last season without ‘robot umpires’
Though this hybrid umpire system won’t make its way to regular season major league games in 2025, player and fan reactions ...
Robot umpires are getting their first MLB test during spring training
A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition ...
Ump show: It took robots 1 inning to make human MLB umpires look horrible
What if I told you there was once a day when human umpires ruled all? It didn't matter if they were right, wrong, or somewhere in between. These human umpires o ...
MLB Unveils New Challenge System Involving Robot Umpires for Spring Training
This year's MLB spring training could prove more consequential than any in years past as MLB will experiment with ABS, the ...