Take the challenge and climb the ladder with a bouncing ball in the game Ball Stair Jump. Control the direction of the ball so that it jumps from step to step and avoids obstacles on the way to the ...

The "automated ball-strike challenge system," or ABS, as Major League Baseball calls it, will not be in place for the 2025 regular season. Its use during spring training is a test to see if there ...

Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet became the first player in spring training to challenge a call using the new ABS (Automated Ball-Strike System), which is being tested during the Grapefruit and Cactus ...

They are permitted to use a challenge whenever they'd like to challenge a ball or strike call; the ABS, or the robot umpires, will determine whether the pitch was indeed a ball or a strike.

After watching home plate umpire Tony Randazzo rule the pitch a ball, Poteet quickly tapped his head to signal for a challenge, triggering an immediate review using MLB’s automated ball-strike ...

History was made Thursday with the first use of the automated ball-strike challenge system during the spring training game between the Cubs and Dodgers in front of 10,959 fans at Camelback Ranch.