MLB settles on automated ball-strike challenges in Triple-A
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The automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system will be used in all Triple-A games effective June 25, Major League Baseball said on Tuesday in a memo.
The move comes after Triple-A has recently used two variations of the ABS system.
The full ABS system, which communicates every ball-strike call to the home plate umpire through an earpiece, has been used during Tuesda