We saw it in action during the Padres’ live batting practice, and it looked like this: In minor league testing, the ABS took 17 seconds to review a challenge on average. Francona is right that his ...

Major League Baseball is testing the automated ball-strike challenge system in spring training and Pete Alonso got his first taste of it during the Mets spring training game against the Houston Astros ...

Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona says he's told players not to use the experimental Automated Ball-Strike System in ...

Reds manager Terry Francona doesn’t see the point of asking his veteran players to utilize the experimental ABS system during ...

MLB is using an automated ball-strike system during most spring training games and it was in play for the Yankees-Rays' ...

Francona sounds more interested in preparing the Reds for the season — his first as their manager — than helping add more ...

The ABS has been used at the Triple-A level for 2023 and 2024. MLB research found that a challenge adds an estimated 17 ...

The Astros will have limited exposure to MLB's automated ball-strike challenge system this spring, and manager Joe Espada wants his players to take advantage.

It's time once again for the Grapefruit League! MLB spring training in Florida includes a strike zone challenge system in 2025. Here's what to know.

Pitchers endlessly fiddling with their caps and gloves on the mound is a proud baseball tradition nearly as old as the game itself, but when Cody Poteet of the Chicago Cubs tapped the top of his head ...

With the Tokyo Series to open the 2025 MLB season approaching in mid-March, the Cubs and Dodgers got a head start on spring ...