Verdict is in on MLB's ABS challenge system: 52% overturned in spring training
The challenge system will not be used in MLB games this season, but there is a good chance it will be implemented in 2026.
A spring training’s worth of the automated ball-strike challenge system: Are robot umps coming to MLB?
The New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. showed how to confidently use the still-in-trial Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) ...
Washington Times28d
‘So far, so good’: MLB’s automated strike zone garners mostly positive reviews at spring training
The Automated Ball-Strike System allows the players closest to the strike zone — the pitcher, catcher and batter — to dispute a call by the home plate umpire. A simple tap of their helmet or ...
The New York Times7d
What we learned from MLB’s spring robot-umpire test: Players, managers, execs weigh in
We’ve spent the past five weeks watching them pop out of hiding, every time a catcher, hitter or pitcher ... broadcast hours the work of the home-plate umpire has consumed over the past 50 ...
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MLB players have met the robot strike zone. How's it going?
In the third inning of the Grapefruit League opener on Feb. 21, Tampa Bay catcher Ben Rortvedt caught ... the signal to challenge the call, and home plate umpire Sean Barber stopped play.
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Jazz Chisholm makes disrespectful move with home plate umpire
New York Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm made a totally disrespectful move toward a home plate umpire in Tuesday’s spring training game, but he managed to get away with it. Chisholm was at the ...
USA Today4d
Verdict is in on MLB's ABS challenge system: 52% overturned in spring training
In the spring training battle of pitchers, catchers and batters vs. borderline strike calls from umpires, the players prevailed – but just barely. Major League Baseball’s tryout of a challenge ...
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A spring training’s worth of the automated ball-strike challenge system: Are robot umps coming to MLB?
In the bottom of the sixth inning, with a runner on base, one out and facing a full count, Chisholm had a third strike called on him by the home plate ... only the batter, pitcher or catcher ...