With Spring Training games in full swing, baseball fans are starting to get familiar with the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system. Although ABS isn’t brand new to baseball, as it’s been used in the ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — For his final pitch of a live batting practice Tuesday, Spencer Arrighetti threw a back-door cutter to a left-handed hitter. Catcher César Salazar framed the pitch, heard no ...

A man was arrested in Pasay City earlier this week for allegedly selling a live ball python online, a violation of the country’s law banning the sale of exotic wildlife, the Philippine National Police ...

MESA, Ariz. — For the first five months of Triple-A Iowa’s 2025 season, right-hander Gavin Hollowell let his catchers decide whether to signal for the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system on any ...

Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell is preparing his team to experiment with MLB’s new Automated Ball-Strike System this spring. The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training are right around the ...

Pictured: Brady Singer (right) and Joe Ryan Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Scott Taestch, Dylan Buell / Getty Images The robot umpires are here. Sort of. Under the Automated Ball-Strike ...

The Houston Astros are not waiting for MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike system to catch them off guard. Instead, the team initiated a two-day intensive training session at CACTI Park to get ready for the ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Chris Sale raised eyebrows this past week when he said he will “never” challenge any umpire’s calls when the new Automated Ball-Strike system (ABS) takes effect for the 2026 ...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Bring on the robots, tap your helmet if you disagree, and tell your analytic department it better preparing be for a whole new wave of research. The automated ball/strike system is ...