The new computerized system is being tested during spring training, leading to a series of challenges from players who don’t ...

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

A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition ...

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

The batter, pitcher or catcher simply tap their helmet or cap to challenge — but they only have two seconds. If they challenge, the pitch graphic appears on the scoreboard and broadcast, and the ...

Though this hybrid umpire system won’t make its way to regular season major league games in 2025, player and fan reactions ...

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

The Automated Ball-Strike system, or ABS system, which was tested at the Triple-A level during the 2023 and '24 seasons, is ...

Starting in 2024, MLB focused testing on a challenge system in which the human umpire makes each original call. Data from the spring training test could cause MLB to make alterations to the system ...

The umpire then announces the updated count. MLB estimates the process averages 17 seconds. MLB has installed the system in 13 spring training ballparks ... in 2023, the robot alone for the ...