The challenge system will not be used in MLB games this season, but there is a good chance it will be implemented in 2026.

The system was used in 288 spring training games, with an average of 4.1 challenges per game, compared to 3.9 per game in ...

MLB's latest venture appears to be taking more of the human element out of the game, with a test run of an automatic balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system put in during 2025 spring training.

One of the biggest storylines of MLB spring training so far has been the implementation of the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system in big-league spring games. Throughout Florida and ...

Throughout the offseason, the CBS Sports MLB experts will bring you a weekly ... strike zone challenge system. Do you like the ABS challenge system? Do you prefer full robo-umps?

While the use of the ABS challenge system during spring training seemed to go smoothly, it does not have a unanimously positive rating among MLB players. One anonymous player told The Athletic's ...

It's no coincidence that MLB is testing a version of the automatic ball-strike (ABS) system in spring training games this year, allowing pitchers, catchers, and hitters to challenge umpires ...

MLB has adopted the Automated Ball-Strike system minor league teams have been using. So far, it seems to have been a success, with only minor interruptions to gameplay. The ABS, or Automated Ball ...

But it’ll happen this spring, when MLB will give its players a chance to test out the ABS challenge system in games all over Florida and Arizona. The dry run begins Thursday in a nationally ...