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 ...

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 ...

Wonder how the new Automated Ball-Strike System fared during Spring Training? Well, wonder no more. According to data ...

MLB has even utilized full ABS, or a system with robot umpires who call every ball and strike, though such a change would render the game nearly unrecognizable, removing every human element.

In a self-deprecating moment as Major League Baseball umpires begin to get used to the league's new automated balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system, umpire Mike Muchlinski declared the call of ...

Spring training is a time to try new things for both the New York Mets and MLB. This year, the league is testing out the ABS system to a mixed reception from fans and players. While Major League ...

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.

Allow San Diego Padres catcher Martín Maldonado to demonstrate how it works: The protocol of the ABS is fairly straightforward, as is its likely impact in the short term once MLB starts using it ...

"JHen," he said. There's the human version of the ABS reference again. "JHen always taps his head," Jung added. Catcher Dillon Dingler, who split time between Triple-A and MLB last season ...