MLB to test 'automated ball-strike challenge system'

Dodgers get first look at MLB’s automated ball/strike challenge system: ‘Don’t hate the idea’
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.
Rise of the Robots: MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike System Flawless in Spring Debut
Major League Baseball is back. And the robots have arrived. The defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers opened Spring Training Thursday at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, when they hosted the Chicago Cubs in the first MLB game (albeit an exhibition game) of 2025.
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,
MLB to test automated ball-strike challenge system during spring games
Umpires first began calling both balls and strikes way back in 1864, and baseballers have been arguing about those calls ever since. Strike-zone judgment has been the subject of some untold number of verbal (and,
Everything to know about the MLB's ball-strike challenge system at spring training
MLB players can challenge ball and strike calls. The camera-based system is only an experiment for now — but it has the baseball world wondering where to draw the line with technology.
MLB will test automated ball-strike challenge system in spring training and other notes from Rob Manfred
The MLB commissioner spoke Tuesday in Arizona about the Dodgers' spending, the next CBA, recent rule changes and more.
Do you like MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike challenge system? What Yankees and Mets are saying
During exhibition play, MLB will be testing its new ABS challenge system in ballparks, including the spring training homes of the Yankees and Mets.
Robot umpires are getting their first MLB test during spring training
A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition games starting Thursday after four years of experiments in the minor leagues
MLB will test robo-umpires in spring training games starting this week
Major League Baseball this week will begin testing an automated system that will keep count of balls and strikes. The tests will take place during spring training and could be rolled into regular season play in 2026.
MLB to launch pre-season testing of automated ball-strike calls
Major League Baseball will begin pre-season testing of an automated system to allow challenges of ball-strike calls on Thursday with the technology backstopping home plate umpires in about 60% of exhibition games.
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