What is ABS? How MLB's ball-strike challenge system will work in spring training
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. We won’t be seeing that full system in action this spring. Instead, teams will have a limited amount of challenges.
Former New York Mets starter Max Scherzer is once again anti-change and spoke out this week about the ABS system in MLB.
The ABS challenge system is being tested during spring training games in 2025 and could be a new rule in MLB when the 2026 ...
If you have tuned in for any of the spring training games thus far, you've probably noticed that MLB has started testing an automated strike zone. And the best part about the system may be that ...
Yahoo Sports senior MLB analyst Jake Mintz and senior MLB analyst Jordan Shusterman deliberate over the new automated ...
It didn’t take long for Cam Smith, the Astros’ top-ranked prospect by MLB Pipeline (No. 59 overall in '25), to show his stuff ...
In Tampa, John Romano wrote the ABS innovation “should be getting close to no-brainer status.” It is “quick” and “not overly ...
Terry Francona sounds more interested in preparing the Reds for the season — his first as their manager — than helping add more data in an ABS test run.
Training game of 2025 featured the debut of the ABS Challenge System and more. Subscribe to MLB Morning Lineup wherever you ...
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