What is ABS? Explaining MLB spring training challenge system
MLB will be testing an automatic balls and strikes challenge system this spring training. Here's how it works.
What is ABS? How MLB's ball-strike challenge system will work in spring training
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 ...
Terry Francona has 1 simple reason for banning the Reds from ball-strike challenge system in spring training
The Reds are one of a handful of teams with an automatic ball-strike system in spring training, but their manager won’t let ...
What is ABS? MLB begins spring training test of automated ball-strike challenge system
Starting Thursday at Camelback Ranch, where the Dodgers and Cubs will open Cactus League play, the ABS challenge system will ...
Robot umps are here: What MLB players need to know to navigate ABS this spring
Here is what every big leaguer needs to know about ABS, according to players and managers who have experience with it in the ...
MLB to Use ABS Challenge System in Spring Training; Strike Zone Explained in Photos
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MLB spring training 2025 features robot umpires, automated ball-strike testing, challenges
What to know about robot umpires, automated ball-strike testing, challenges at 2025 MLB spring training Cactus League, ...
Players praise accuracy of MLB’s ABS challenge system: The week in baseball
The ABS has been used at the Triple-A level for 2023 and 2024. MLB research found that a challenge adds an estimated 17 ...
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Pete Alonso puts ABS challenge system to test in spring training game
Major League Baseball is testing the automated ball-strike challenge system in spring training and Pete Alonso got his first taste of it during the Mets spring training game against the Houston Astros ...
How MLB will use the Automated Ball-Strike System, ABS, during Spring Training
Major League Baseball will use the new technology during select 2025 Spring Training games to get real-time results and ...
MLB sees very first challenge using Automatic Balls-Strikes system in spring training
For the first time in MLB history, a pitch was challenged using the new Automated Ball-Strikes system — and the call on the ...
Reds manager Terry Francona tells players not to use experimental Automated Ball-Strike System in spring training
He figures there’s little point for veterans to use it since the system won’t be in effect in the majors this season.