Major League Baseball (MLB) is introducing robots to spring training this year on a trial basis in the form of the ABS ...

MLB introduced the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) in 2025 spring training to improve umpire accuracy and reduce human ...

The 38-year-old Maldonado signed with the Padres on a non-roster deal back in January to give the team some depth in spring training. He's a long shot to make the Opening Day roster, as San Diego ...

SURPRISE, Ariz. — The San Francisco Giants took the field for their Cactus League exhibition opener on Saturday. Everyone was eager to get underway. For several players, it was like ripping the paper ...

Soto homered in his first spring training at-bat for the New York Mets, hitting a solo shot to left-center field in the first ...

The Yankees got a potential view of the future Saturday afternoon when an overturned call from the experimental Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system sparked a big inning against the Blue Jays ...

It took just nine starts down the stretch last season to put right-hander Jack Kochanowicz firmly in the competition for the final spot in the rotation this spring. Kochanowicz, 24, is one of the top ...

Major League Baseball is testing the automated ball-strike challenge system in spring training and Pete Alonso got his first ...

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

Reds manager Terry Francona doesn’t see the point of asking his veteran players to utilize the experimental ABS system during ...

ABS has arrived at Goodyear Ballpark where the Guardians and Reds play their Cactus League home games this spring. It was on ...

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