During spring training this year, Major League Baseball used a challenge system for balls and strikes based on ABS (automated ball-strike system). For those unaware, ABS uses a Hawk-Eye camera that ...

MLB has implemented an automated ball-strike, or ABS, challenge system this spring, giving players the opportunity to contest ...

Roughly 60 percent of spring training games this season will feature the ABS challenge system, which has been tested in the minor leagues since 2021, according to MLB. The system uses Hawk-Eye ...

After spring training wraps this week, MLB’s competition committee will begin collecting data from players, coaches, and ...

The ABS challenge system will not be featured during the 2025 regular season, but the spring training usage is a step in that direction. Kavner explained how the strike zone is determined for the ...

There will be a new addition to Publix Field at Joker Merchant Stadium in Bradenton, FL, the spring training home of the Detroit Tigers. The robot umpires will be implemented for their spring games.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Nationals’ third game of the Grapefruit League season today will feature a new wrinkle that wasn’t a part of their first two games: The ABS challenge system.

MORE: Tigers part of robot umpire experiment this spring training. It's about time Jones, an infielder and outfielder, is 2-for-2 in ABS challenges through two games with the system in spring training ...

60% of Grapefruit League games are going to have the ABS challenge system. It is only going to be present during spring training, as 2026 is the earliest it will be implemented during regular ...