It was pitchers and catchers who reported to spring training last week. Been there, done that.
But you know who reports to spring training this week who has never been or done any of this? Get ready. Here come the robots.
We’ve never lived in a world in which major-league spring training games had balls and strikes called by robot umps, otherwise known as the Automated Ball-Strike system (ABS). But it’ll happen this spring, when MLB will give its players a chance to test out the ABS challenge system in games all over Florida and Arizona.