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

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 ...

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

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

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Tampa Bay Rays catcher Ben Rortvedt tried to pull a fast one on MLB's new Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system on ...

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

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

MLB is weighing options to dramatically reduce or remove the ubiquitous broadcast strike-zone box as part of bringing the ...

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The 38-year-old Maldonado signed with the Padres on a non-roster deal back in January to give the team some depth in spring training. He's a long shot to make the Opening Day roster, as San Diego ...

Major League Baseball’s Automatic Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) will be used in eight Atlanta Braves games this spring.