Brett Sullivan caught a couple of games at the University of the Pacific, but he didn’t truly move behind the plate until ...

MLB players can challenge ball and strike calls. The camera-based system is only an experiment for now — but it has the ...

Major League Baseball will use the 2025 spring training season to test the use of the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System ...

The automated ball-strike challenge system made its MLB debut Thursday in the Dodgers-Cubs spring training game. It's an ...

The Dodgers played a few of their regulars in the opener, including shortstop Mookie Betts, third baseman Max Muncy and right ...

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

The "automated ball-strike challenge system" or ABS will be active during 60% of spring training games this year, allowing pitchers, catchers and batters to call for automated ball-strike call reviews ...

Though this hybrid umpire system won’t make its way to regular season major league games in 2025, player and fan reactions ...

A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition ...

What to know about robot umpires, automated ball-strike testing, challenges at 2025 MLB spring training Cactus League, Grapefruit League games.

That's why MLB is now testing its Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system during Spring Training, which would effectively take away the bulk of a home plate umpire's role throughout games.

That put him 213th in baseball alongside players with questionable contact skills like Jose Siri, Anthony Rizzo, and Jack Suwinski. Now, Kyle Schwarber and Elly De La Cruz also posted a -18 run value ...