This spring training will introduce a new element to the action: for the first time, MLB will employ the automated ...

What to know about robot umpires, automated ball-strike testing, challenges at 2025 MLB spring training Cactus League, ...

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 ...

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There are no immediate plans to introduce the system in regular-season games yet. Questions remain about how large a role it ...

It's not quite robo umpires but hitters and pitchers can challenge balls and strikes calls by umpires in certain stadiums ...

Starting Thursday at Camelback Ranch, where the Dodgers and Cubs will open Cactus League play, the ABS challenge system will ...

There are no immediate plans to introduce the system in regular-season games yet. Questions remain about how large a role it ...

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

Umpires first began calling both balls and strikes way back in 1864, and baseballers have been arguing about those calls ever ...

The Automated Ball-Strike system, or ABS system, which was tested at the Triple-A level during the 2023 and '24 seasons, is ...

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