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If you are watching a game and suddenly see a batter, catcher or pitcher tap their helmet after a borderline pitch, that is MLB’s ABS challenge system in action. “ABS” stands for Automated Ball-Strike ...

WORCESTER -- Tuesday night saw the debut of the brand-new Automated Ball-Strike system (ABS) that will now be used throughout Triple-A baseball. The concept of the new system is simple; on the nights ...

This season, Great American Ball Park is witnessing the debut of the automatic balls and strikes (ABS) system in Major League Baseball, a technological advancement aimed at enhancing the game and ...

This year, Major League Baseball tested an automated balls and strikes challenge system in spring training games, allowing hitters, pitchers and catchers to challenge ball or strike calls they thought ...

Only the batter, pitcher or catcher can challenge an umpire’s ball or strike call with the ABS system. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Human umpires will remain behind the plate calling balls and ...

PHOENIX — For more than 150 years, the game of baseball has relied on humans behind home plate to call balls and strikes. This spring, for the first time in Major League history, players will be able ...

For more than a century, baseball’s home plate umpires have called a ball or strike based on interpretation of a vague, loosely defined strike zone. These subjective calls decided at-bats, games, ...

The automated ball-strike system (ABS) debuted in the major leagues Wednesday after years of testing in the minor leagues, ...