Cody Poteet successfully challenged a fastball he threw in the Cubs' spring training opener with MLB's Automated Ball-Strike ...

As you may have picked up, Poteet appealed the ball ruling by tapping the top of the head. Review of the pitch indeed flipped ...

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It took just one inning for the Chicago Cubs right-hander to be the first player to successfully challenge a ball-strike call ...

A bit of baseball history occurred during the Cubs’ spring training game against the Dodgers on Thursday afternoon.  Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet became the first player in spring training to ...

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

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

The Chicago Cubs kicked off their exhibition schedule on Thursday against the defending World Series champion Los Angeles ...

Poteet is in line to start Thursday's Cactus League game against the Dodgers, Jordan Bastian and Sonja Chen of MLB.com report.

That Crooks, rather than his pitchers, would be the one to challenge a call on the defensive side of the ball is no accident.

With the Tokyo Series to open the 2025 MLB season approaching in mid-March, the Cubs and Dodgers got a head start on spring ...

Major League Baseball’s Automatic Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) will be used in eight Atlanta Braves games this spring.