Using it in spring training will help the league determine whether to implement the system at the major league level in 2026.

MLB players can challenge ball and strike calls. The camera-based system is only an experiment for now — but it has the ...

Human umpires still call every pitch, but each team has the ability to challenge two calls per game, with no additions for extra innings.

Though this hybrid umpire system won’t make its way to regular season major league games in 2025, player and fan reactions ...

Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph fastball he threw to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy was in the ...

This year's MLB spring training could prove more consequential than any in years past as MLB will experiment with ABS, the ...

What to know about robot umpires, automated ball-strike testing, challenges at 2025 MLB spring training Cactus League, ...

A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during MLB spring training exhibition games starting ...

Given their looming trip to Japan, the Dodgers and Cubs are working under a different Spring Training schedule than the rest ...

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 ...