A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition games starting Thursday after four years of experiments in the minor leagues.

Per The Athletic's Evan Drellich, commissioner Rob Manfred said MLB plans to test the automated ball-strike system in spring training next season, potentially implementing the system in the ...

A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition games.

MLB installed the Automated Ball-Strike System at the spring training ballparks of 19 teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates' park in Florida.

Starting in 2024, MLB focused testing on a challenge system in which the human umpire makes each original call. Data from the spring training test could cause MLB to make alterations to the system ...