Max Scherzer blasts MLB’s ball-strike challenge system: ‘Can we just be judged by humans?’
Replay technology has been part of Major League Baseball for over 15 years ago now, but the league’s ball-strike challenge experiment is a step too far for one future Hall of Famer. Max Scherzer, making his Blue Jays spring training debut,
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.
Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) presents challenges for MLB: Crowquill
Major League Baseball (MLB) is introducing robots to spring training this year on a trial basis in the form of the ABS (Alternate Ball-Strike System). ABS will peer over the home plate umpire’s shoulder to provide the right call if a team challenges the ump’s ball or strike call.
What is the new MLB ABS challenge system? Baseball hopes to finally get it right this time
Thursday's Cactus League game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs will be more than just the first spring training game of 2025. It'll also be a bit of baseball history: For the first time since MLB first began testing the technology in independent ball more than half a decade ago, robo-umps will be in use for a big-league contest.
Max Scherzer Sounds Off on MLB's ABS System After Losing Two Challenges
After his first appearance of the spring on Tuesday for the Toronto Blue Jays, the newly signed Max Scherzer, who was unsuccessful in his two challenge attempts, left no doubts as
Top MLB prospect Samuel Basallo launches ball over scoreboard in Spring Training
The Samuel Basallo hype train made a stop at Ed Smith Stadium on Thursday, with the 20-year-old launching a ball almost 500 ...
Technology Is Coming for Baseball’s Strike Zone. Just Don’t Call It a Robo-Ump
How MLB created a so-called robo-ump system that uses cameras and computers to call balls and strikes and how players are ...
Blue Jays' Max Scherzer Calls Out MLB's ABS Experiment: 'Can We Just Play Baseball?'
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Major League Baseball Scouting Report: Milwaukee Brewers’ Cooper Pratt
Get an inside look at Cooper Pratt, the Brewers’ rising shortstop. This MLB scouting report highlights his hitting, defense, ...
$100 Million: Texas Law Firm Sues Major League Baseball
A Texas company, Ball Mudder is suing Major League Baseball for almost $100 million in a breach-of-contract lawsuit. Ball ...
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Astros get their first look at MLB’s automated ball-strike system
Major League Baseball is testing out the system in spring training games and might use it in the regular season as soon as 2026.