What is ABS? How MLB's ball-strike challenge system will work in spring training
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 behind the plate, signaling the calls communicated through ABS. We won’t be seeing that full system in action this spring. Instead, teams will have a limited amount of challenges.
In Tampa, John Romano wrote the ABS innovation “should be getting close to no-brainer status.” It is “quick” and “not overly ...
Training game of 2025 featured the debut of the ABS Challenge System and more. Subscribe to MLB Morning Lineup wherever you ...
Terry Francona sounds more interested in preparing the Reds for the season — his first as their manager — than helping add more data in an ABS test run.
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone is intrigued by the idea of using a software system to help call balls and strikes.
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Giants successful in first look at MLB's ABS systemBob Melvin and the San Francisco Giants had a successful first taste of MLB's trial run of an automated balls-and-strikes ...
Baseball is steeped in tradition and stubborn to change. But attendance and viewership are on the rise in the major leagues ...
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