Tag: Automated Strike Zone

MLB Using Robot Umpires: What To Know About ABS Challenge System

Major League Baseball has introduced several new rules in recent seasons, but perhaps the most significant one is being tested during Spring Training this year. After experimenting with the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system across the Minor Leagues, MLB has…

Dodgers Spring Training: Cody Poteet Uses 1st Test Of ABS Challenge System Against Max Muncy

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs met on Thursday for the first matchup of Spring Training, with the visiting Cubs winning a lopsided affair. However, the lopsided score took a backseat to player performances and the debut of Major…

Rob Manfred Details MLB’s Progress With ABS Challenge System

While potential new changes like a golden at-bat and mandatory minimums for starting pitchers seem to be no more than fantasy at this point, there could be more tangible change on the horizon for MLB's rulebook. That process is going…

MLB Could Implement ABS Challenge System In 2025 Spring Training

The latest evolution in the way an MLB game is played is seeing great strides being made and could see play...

Walker Buehler: Automated Strike Zone Works ‘Better Than I Thought’ But Unsure About Use In MLB

Walker Buehler is currently in the process of completing his rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma...

Major League Baseball Utilizing Automated Strike Zone In Triple-A Games

With pace of play and defensive alignment among various rule changes that Major League Baseball implemented for the 2023 season...

MLB CBA Rumors: Players Association Rejected Automated Strike Zone

Major League Baseball and the Players Association (MLBPA) are 'deadlocked' in negotiations for a new collective...

MLB Rumors: Automated Strike Zone Will Be Tested At Triple-A During 2022 Season

Incorrect balls and strikes calls have been a part of baseball since its invention, but now it might be closer to...

Atlantic League Removing Automated Ball-Strike System, But Keeping Some Experimental MLB Rules

The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB) announced it is changing the distance of the pitching rubber...

MLB Rumors: Automated Strike Zone, Players Sitting In Stands Among Proposed Changes With Beginning MLB Season In Arizona

As Major League Baseball continues to take cues from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and...

MLB News: Rob Manfred Believes Automated Strike Zone Is ‘More Accurate’ Than Human Umpire

Ever since he took over as commissioner of Major League Baseball, Rob Manfred has consistently looked for ways to...

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred: Automated Strike Zone ‘Is A Camera-Based System’; Will Be Implemented During Spring Training

The 2019 season marked the first year of MLB's three-year contract with the Atlantic League. The collaboration brought...