Major League Baseball’s Automatic Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) will be used in eight Atlanta Braves games this spring.
As Cardinals open Grapefruit League play vs. Miami, they'll play their first of 24 games this spring with the ABS system that ...
The batter, pitcher or catcher simply tap their helmet or cap to challenge — but they only have two seconds. If they ...
Four Phillies spring training games will stream exclusively on the team's website, while NBC Sports Philadelphia will ...
The ABS uses a network of cameras installed in stadiums to track each pitch and determine whether it crosses home plate within the strike zone. The ...
Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph fastball he threw to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy was in the strike zone. Plate umpire Tony Randazzo disagreed and called it a ball.
Cody Poteet became the first player to challenge a ball/strike call in a major league game when he asked for a review in ...
The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) challenge got its first test run in big league Spring Training on Thursday afternoon, ...
The "automated ball-strike challenge system" or ABS will be active during 60% of spring training games this year, allowing pitchers, catchers and batters to call for automated ball-strike call reviews ...
Using it in spring training will help the league determine whether to implement the system at the major league level in 2026.
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 ...