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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.
MLB to Use ABS Challenge System in Spring Training; Strike Zone Explained in Photos
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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 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.
MLB's ABS System Draws Early Praise in Spring Training
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - 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.
ABS challenge system latest MLB wrinkle after years of tests
An automated ball-strike challenge system is debuting in MLB's spring training this year, the latest development to come out of the league's testing partners, the Atlantic League and the Pioneer League.
Yankees make SHOCKING announcements, MLB tries out the ABS in Spring Training | Baseball Bar-B-Cast
Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman discuss the Yankees changing their tune when it comes to beards and their losses, MLB giving the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system a try and thirty things they love so far from Spring Training.
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.
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.
Fans loved how MLB's new ABS challenge system exposed the umpire's terrible call in real time
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How to Watch Mets vs Astros: Live Stream MLB Spring Training, TV Channel
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