Here’s How the Automatic Ball and Strike Challenge Will Work in Spring Training
They will also be using the challenge system rather than the fully automated strike zone, which is what most figure will be first implemented when ABS is brought to regular season games. The system will only be available in 60% of Spring Training venues;
Everything to know about the MLB's ball-strike challenge system at spring training
MLB players can challenge ball and strike calls. The camera-based system is only an experiment for now — but it has the baseball world wondering where to draw the line with technology.
Ball-Strike challenge system continues to be evaluated in Spring Training, Minor Leagues
The system, known as ABS, has been used in the minor leagues - including IronPigs games at Coca-Cola Park. Human umpires call the balls and strikes but clubs will have two challenges each game. If they win the challenge, they get to keep it.
MLB spring training 2025 features robot umpires, automated ball-strike testing, challenges
What to know about robot umpires, automated ball-strike testing, challenges at 2025 MLB spring training Cactus League, Grapefruit League games.
Strike zone challenges debut in over half of '25 spring training games
A tap of the cap or helmet has new meaning in 2025 spring training games. In more than 55 percent of spring training games over the next six weeks, Major League Baseball is employing the Automated Ball-Strike System,
MLB to Use ABS Challenge System in Spring Training; Strike Zone Explained in Photos
Major League Baseball will experiment with the automated ball-strike challenge system in spring training games. The league announced on Tuesday the ABS system will be used for roughly 60 percent of all spring games between the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues.
MLB will test automatic ball-strike challenge system in spring training and other notes from Rob Manfred
The commissioner spoke Tuesday in Arizona about the Dodgers' spending, the next CBA, recent rule changes and more.
How ABS Challenge System will work in Spring Training
MLB's Executive VP of Operations, Morgan Sword, breaks down the ABS Challenge System that will be used during Spring Training
This could be baseball’s last season without ‘robot umpires’
Though this hybrid umpire system won’t make its way to regular season major league games in 2025, player and fan reactions ...
What is the new MLB ABS challenge system? Baseball hopes to finally get it right this time
After years of testing MLB is finally set to introduce robo-umps to spring training in 2025, starting with Thursday's game ...