It took just one inning for the Chicago Cubs right-hander to be the first player to successfully challenge a ball-strike call ...

The "automated ball-strike challenge system" or ABS will be active during 60% of spring training games this year, allowing ...

Human umpires still call every pitch, but each team has the ability to challenge two calls per game, with no additions for ...

Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph fastball he threw to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy was in the ...

MLB players can challenge ball and strike calls. The camera-based system is only an experiment for now — but it has the ...

If there’s one thing baseball fans are averse to, it’s change. Over the MLB’s 149-year history, alterations to the game’s ...

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 ...

This year's MLB spring training could prove more consequential than any in years past as MLB will experiment with ABS, the ...

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

That's why MLB is now testing its Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system during Spring Training, which would effectively take away the bulk of a home plate umpire's role throughout games.

A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during MLB spring training exhibition games starting ...