MLB, ABS and Spring Training

What is ABS? Explaining MLB spring training challenge system
MLB will be testing an automatic balls and strikes challenge system this spring training. Here's how it works.
Yankees make SHOCKING announcements, MLB tries out the ABS in Spring Training | Baseball Bar-B-Cast
Subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-Cast Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube The New York Yankees made two shocking announcements that sent headlines throughout sports, and neither involved acquiring a player or firing someone.
MLB to Use ABS Challenge System in Spring Training; Strike Zone Explained in Photos
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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.
What is ABS? MLB begins spring training test of automated ball-strike challenge system
Starting Thursday at Camelback Ranch, where the Dodgers and Cubs will open Cactus League play, the ABS challenge system will begin being implemented.
What is MLB's ABS System? know everything about newly experimented spring training challenge system
Each team will have two challenges per game to call into question ball or strike calls. If the challenge is upheld by the replay, the team retains its challenge.
MLB’s ABS System Draws Early Praise in Spring Training
Major League Baseball had a successful test run debut of its Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system Friday at Salt River Fields, the spring training home shared by the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.
How MLB's ABS challenge system works in 2025 spring training, featuring Jahmai Jones
Detroit Tigers player Jahami Jones wins a challenge using the ABS system in spring training against New York Yankees on Feb. 23, 2025, in Tampa, Fla.
Robot umps are here: What MLB players need to know to navigate ABS this spring
Here is what every big leaguer needs to know about ABS, according to players and managers who have experience with it in the minor leagues.
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.
Blue Jays' Max Scherzer Calls Out MLB's ABS Experiment: 'Can We Just Play Baseball?'
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Terry Francona says Reds big-leaguers won't use ABS during spring training. Here's why.
New Reds skipper Terry Francona wants his players to concentrate on getting ready for 2025 MLB season, one that won't include ...
Fans loved how MLB's new ABS challenge system exposed the umpire's terrible call in real time
As part of the ABS system being tested in 60% of spring training games, teams are allocated two challenges for balls and ...
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Baseball returns, debut of ABS | Morning Lineup
Training game of 2025 featured the debut of the ABS Challenge System and more. Subscribe to MLB Morning Lineup wherever you ...
How to Watch Mets vs Astros: Live Stream MLB Spring Training, TV Channel
Baseball fans can look forward to an exciting Spring Training showdown as the New York Mets take on the Houston Astros on ...