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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.

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What is MLB’s ‘ABS Challenge System’? Inside baseball’s newest ‘robot umps’ technology

Challenge System” during a Cactus League matchup between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers. Employing ABS — referred to by some as “robot umps” — is an innovative step for baseball. MLB is testing the technology at 13 spring training ballparks across Arizona and Florida — including KC’s spring home at Surprise Stadium — in coming weeks.

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What is ABS? MLB begins spring training test of automated ball-strike challenge system

Starting Thursday at Camelback Ranch, where the Dodgers and Cubs will open Cactus League play, the ABS challenge system will begin being implemented.

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MLB games will soon be off ESPN airwaves in media bombshell

It appears Major League Baseball will be off ESPN’s airwaves after the 2025 season. The two sides “mutually agreed” to cut ...

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Disney's ESPN, Major League Baseball to part ways after 2025 season

Disney's ( NYSE: DIS) ESPN and Major League Baseball have "mutually agreed" to end their decades-long broadcast partnership ...

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Baseball returns, debut of ABS | Morning Lineup

Training game of 2025 featured the debut of the ABS Challenge System and more. Subscribe to MLB Morning Lineup wherever you get your podcasts ...

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MLB spring training schedule 2025: When are the opening games for every team?

The action really picks up as the weekend arrives, when the rest of Major League Baseball's 30 teams throw their first pitches and take their first at-bats of exhibition play. The games are ...

With ‘alpha dog’ Bregman on Red Sox, the American League East surges back to prominence

With the Bregman deal, another American League power was let off the leash, and the AL East is in for a dogfight.

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ESPN Ending TV Partnership With MLB Best Decision for League's Growth

Major League Baseball and ESPN have announced the 2025 season will be the last one aired on the network. However, this could ...

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