MLB sees very first challenge using Automatic Balls-Strikes system in spring training
For the first time in MLB history, a pitch was challenged using the new Automated Ball-Strikes system — and the call on the field was overturned.
How Houston Astros view baseball's latest experiment: the automated ball-strike challenge system
I know in the future it’s coming,” Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña said. “Something with the automatic strike zone is going to come.” One potential future will be on display this spring. MLB is using an automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system in some spring training games,
Dodgers 'don't hate the idea' of MLB's automated ball/strike system
There are no immediate plans to introduce the system in regular-season games yet. Questions remain about how large a role it should have in games that count.
MLB's automated ball-strike system explained as spring training games kick off with robo-ump challenges
This spring training will introduce a new element to the action: for the first time, MLB will employ the automated ball-strike system (ABS for short) during big-league contests. ABS is, for those unfamiliar with the concept,
Dodgers and Cubs get first look at automated ball-strike challenges
The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) challenge got its first test run in big league Spring Training on Thursday afternoon, with two challenges taking place in the Cactus League opener between the Cubs and Dodgers.
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