What is Automated Ball Strike System and how does it impact MLB spring training?
MLB introduced the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) in 2025 spring training to improve umpire accuracy and reduce human ...
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Zebby’s Velocity and Three Other Things That Might Matter from the Twins' First Spring Training Game
Zebby Matthews’ Velocity Twins fans who don’t know the full story of Twins pitcher Zebby Matthews might view the 6.69 ERA he posted in his rookie year as disappointing. They are overlooking his ...
Padres Catcher Martin Maldonado Had the Best Ball-Strike Challenge Yet
The 38-year-old Maldonado signed with the Padres on a non-roster deal back in January to give the team some depth in spring training. He's a long shot to make the Opening Day roster, as San Diego ...
Yankees use ABS challenge system to keep an inning going, then score 3 runs against Toronto
Changing one ball to a strike can completely alter an inning. Saturday was proof of that. The New York Yankees used the ...
Giants put MLB’s robo-ump to the test early: ‘I really want to challenge that right now’
Landen Roupp forgot all about the ABS challenge system, which was in effect for the San Francisco Giants’ Cactus ...
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‘Hey, Six Eyes, Get Yourself a New Pair of Glasses’
Major League Baseball is experimenting with robot umpires. Can automated batters be far behind?
Saturday's MLB: Juan Soto hits 426-foot home run in his first at-bat for Mets
Soto homered in his first spring training at-bat for the New York Mets, hitting a solo shot to left-center field in the first ...
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Prospect Jones tees off as Yanks make most of second chance
The Yankees got a potential view of the future Saturday afternoon when an overturned call from the experimental Automated ...
Giants successful in first look at MLB's ABS system
Bob Melvin and the San Francisco Giants had a successful first taste of MLB's trial run of an automated balls-and-strikes ...
Terry Francona has 1 simple reason for banning the Reds from ball-strike challenge system in spring training
The Reds are one of a handful of teams with an automatic ball-strike system in spring training, but their manager won’t let them use it.
Terry Francona telling Reds veterans they can ignore MLB’s ball-strike challenge experiment
Reds manager Terry Francona doesn’t see the point of asking his veteran players to utilize the experimental ABS system during ...
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Reds manager Terry Francona wants veteran players to ignore ABS test run. ‘It just muddies the waters’
Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona says he’s told players not to use the experimental Automated Ball-Strike System in ...