D uring spring training this year, Major League Baseball used a challenge system for balls and strikes based on ABS (automated ball-strike system). For those unaware, ABS uses a H ...

We’re about to see something new as the Kansas City Royals open their spring training schedule with games against fellow Major League Baseball teams. On Thursday, MLB rolled out its new ...

The ABS system aims to improve accuracy and consistency ... the system being considered allows each team two challenges per game. If the challenge is upheld, the team retains it.

A team retains its challenge indefinitely if successful ... I was in attendance for the first ABS challenge in a big-league spring training game and was most impressed by the speed at which ...

Each team gets two challenges per game ... both the Cactus and Grapefruit League will be equipped with the Hawk-Eye ABS ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Justyn-Henry Malloy is renowned for his elite plate discipline and ability to swing at pitches within the strike zone, so much so that he has been dubbed the human version of ...

Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet became the first player in spring training to challenge a call using the new ABS (Automated Ball-Strike System), which is being tested during the Grapefruit and Cactus ...

The ABS challenge system is a mechanism that enables a batter, pitcher or catcher to challenge a ball or strike call from the umpire. Each team gets two challenges and loses a challenge if the ...

Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy laughs while he addresses reporters following a spring training workout at the team's training facility on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Surprise, Ariz.( ...

The ABS challenge system is being tested during spring training games in 2025 after two years of experimentation at the ...