Major League Baseball has done a lot of experimenting lately. Rule changes have been hitting the scene left and right. It wasn't until very recently that challenges were introduced into the sport, and ...

The proposed system would allow each team two challenges per game to review pitch calls, with successful challenges retained. Data and feedback from players, coaches, and umpires who experienced the ...

Astros manager Joe Espada is trying to take emotion out of the equation for challenging calls in MLB's new system.

Baseball purists look away — the human element is slowly being taken out of the game. Major League Baseball is implementing the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system for the first time this ...

Major League Baseball's exhibition season gets underway Thursday afternoon, when the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers open up the Cactus League. (Grapefruit League action commences Friday.) This ...

SURPRISE, Ariz. — The arrival of a full-on automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system on opening day means the Texas Rangers must figure out two big issues: To whom they will give more leeway to use ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Justyn-Henry Malloy is renowned for his elite plate discipline and ability to swing at pitches within the strike zone, so much so that he has been dubbed the human version of the ...

JUPITER, Fla. – One big change for the St. Louis Cardinals’ spring training experience this year is the arrival of an automated ball-strike system (ABS), unofficially known by some as robot umpires.

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In recent years, we've seen MLB become more receptive to the technology at its disposal. The league expanded the replay challenge rules, added a pitch clock and introduced Statcast to elevate how fans ...

It was pitchers and catchers who reported to spring training last week. Been there, done that. But you know who reports to spring training this week who has never been or done any of this? Get ready.