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 ABS? How MLB's ball-strike challenge system will work in spring training
ABS is MLB’s name for an automated strike zone — also known as robot umps. In a full ABS game, there will be a human umpire behind the plate, signaling the calls communicated through ABS. We won’t be seeing that full system in action this spring. Instead, teams will have a limited amount of challenges.
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