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History was made Thursday with the first use of the automated ball-strike challenge system during the spring training game between the Cubs and Dodgers in front of 10,959 fans at Camelback Ranch.

Major League Baseball will begin pre-season testing of an automated system to allow challenges of ball-strike calls on Thursday with the technology backstopping home plate umpires in about 60% of ...

MLB introduced the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) in 2025 spring training to improve umpire accuracy and reduce human error. The system combines Hawk-Eye ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — 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 ...

And this success has given the game a certain amount of confidence, even swagger, as it considers its latest radical experiment: the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system, or ABS for short.

This spring training, the Los Angeles Dodgers got their first taste of MLB’s automated ball-strike challenge system, a new feature being tested to improve the accuracy of umpire calls.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Reds manager Terry Francona said he’s told players not to use the experimental Automated Ball-Strike System in spring training. Francona told The Athletic he’s OK with ...

Maldonado tapped his helmet to activate the ABS challenge system—MLB's new spring training experiment that gives teams at least two opportunities per game to challenge ball and strike calls.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Major League Baseball’s Automatic Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) will be used in eight Atlanta Braves games this spring. The system will be tested in ...