Tampa Bay Rays' Josh Lowe (15) connects for a three-run home run off Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Dylan Bundy during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, April 29, 2022, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Catching for the Twins is Gary Sanchez (24). (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Major League Baseball is experimenting with an Automated Ball-Strike system, specifically one at Salt River Fields, where the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies meet for spring training. The system under testing works like so: teams get two challenges per game where they can question the call of the ump, they then throw the question to the Hawk-Eye tracking system and if the challenging team is right, they don’t even have to give up the challenge. So far 13 of the ABS systems have been installed in ballparks — five in Arizona and eight in Florida — in what’s hoped to be a rehearsal for a league-wide implementation across all 30 MLB ballparks as early as the 2026 season.
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