MLB home plate umpires missing calls behind the dish is as frustrating an event as any for fans, players and managers to deal with. With that, having an automated balls and strikes (ABS) system in ...

As we enter the final week of the 2025 MLB regular season, the league has made a significant announcement, stating that it will implement an Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System for the entirety of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Sometime after Tampa Bay catcher Hunter Feduccia made a successful challenge against the Guardians’ Bo ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Major League Baseball is changing … again. Amid an era that has already seen significant alterations to the sport, most of which have been received favorably by fans and players ...

The 2026 MLB season will be the first with the new ABS Challenge System in place. MLB introduces Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System with player-initiated challenges for disputed calls. Players ...

Ten percent of the season is in the books. Does Major League Baseball play any differently after three weeks of the automatic ball-strike challenge system? Perhaps ...

The MLB's early success with the automated ball-strike challenge system could provide lessons on how to improve replay ...

With a new Major League Baseball season here, a major change will play a unique role in how the year progresses. Coming to the majors this season is the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, or ABS ...

MLB fans got a taste of the automated balls & strikes (ABS) system during Spring Training 2025. Now, it’ll be coming to regular-season and postseason games in 2026. The league announced on September ...

It's a new era for MLB. The days of arguing over balls and strikes are coming to an end, or are at least going to slow down. This season, MLB is instituting an Automated Balls and Strikes Challenge ...

Major League Baseball has done a lot of experimenting lately. Rule changes have been hitting the scene left and right. It wasn't until very recently that challenges were introduced into the sport, and ...