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 ...

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

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

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

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The ABS has been used at the Triple-A level for 2023 and 2024. MLB research found that a challenge adds an estimated 17 ...

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

Here is what every big leaguer needs to know about ABS, according to players and managers who have experience with it in the ...

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

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

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