On Tuesday during his All-Star game press conference, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said the league could experiment with an automated strike zone challenge during spring training in 2025.

The "automated ball-strike challenge system," or ABS, as Major League Baseball calls it, will not be in place for the 2025 regular season.Its use during spring training is a test to see if there ...

Rob Manfred says MLB will propose automated ball-strike challenge system for use at the big-league level Could an automated ball-strike challenge system be coming to MLB next season? By R.J. Anderson ...

The ABS challenge system will be tested in spring training With the success of the recent new rules, MLB is continuing to explore ways to enhance the on-field product for both players and fans.

Only this time they were testing MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system, and the manager’s strike zone could be questioned. The first time occurred Wednesday afternoon, when non ...

When the first spring training games begin this week, something new will be in use: an automated ball-strike umpiring system. After years of trials in the minor leagues, it gets a major league test.

The home plate umpire utilizes an automated ball-strike challenge system, or ABS, during the Dodgers-Cubs spring training game on Feb. 20, 2025. MLB Photos via Getty Images ...

ABS is MLB's name for an automated strike zone -- also known as robot umps. In a full ABS game, there will be a human umpire behind the plate, signaling the calls communicated through ABS.

The challenge system for calling balls and strikes seems to be less than a year away. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred tells Evan Drellich of The Athletic that the league will propose that change, to ...

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 ...

MLB testing automated check-swing challenge system this fall as league further embraces robo ump experiments MLB is experimenting with the system in the Arizona Fall League By R.J. Anderson ...

On Tuesday during his All-Star game press conference, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said the league could experiment with an automated strike zone challenge during spring training in 2025.