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

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 ...

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

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

For years, MLB fans have begged the league to do something about the atrocious umpiring behind the plate. Pitchers are ...

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

It's not quite robo umpires but hitters and pitchers can challenge balls and strikes calls by umpires in certain stadiums ...

COMING SOON: The Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) presented by @TMobile will be used during Spring Training games ...

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

The Yankees will get their first taste of the possible not-too-distant future in Friday’s Grapefruit League opener.

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