Major League Baseball will experiment with the strike zone challenge system at the game's highest level next year during spring training. Commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed the news on Monday during a ...

This year's MLB spring training could prove more consequential than any in years past as MLB will experiment with ABS, the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, to ensure the home plate umpire gets ...

Baseball’s top minor leagues are switching to a challenge system full-time for their test of robot umpires. Major League Baseball has been experimenting with the automated ball-strike system in the ...

Reds manager Terry Francona doesn’t see the point of asking his veteran players to utilize the experimental Automated Ball-Strike system during spring training. The ABS system for challenging calls is ...

During 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 Hawk-Eye camera that ...

PHOENIX — For more than 150 years, the game of baseball has relied on humans behind home plate to call balls and strikes. This spring, for the first time in Major League history, players will be able ...