The idea of weighted-ball training for pitchers to throw faster has been around for more than a half-century. There are studies on the process dating to the late 1960s in the heyday of Bob Gibson ...

With each swing, the result from the plyo ball — a heavy, sand-filled cylinder — would tell Orioles infielder Ramón Urías all he needed to know. If it flopped to the groun… ...

Major League Baseball is implementing the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system for the first time this spring; it's been tested in the minor leagues since 2021.. Well, spring training ...

But as the ball left his hand — in the first inning of the first game of spring training Feb. 20 in Arizona — it drifted toward the inside corner, off target.

When the first spring training games begin this week, something new will be in use: an automated ball-strike umpiring system. After years of trials in the minor leagues, it gets a major league test.

Here's what LSU baseball players thinks about ABS, the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system that is being used during spring training.

The idea of weighted-ball training for pitchers to throw faster has been around for more than a half-century. There are studies on the process dating to the late 1960s in the heyday of Bob Gibson… ...