April 16, 2026: We updated this guide with the Season 3 Dark Ops challenges. What are the BO7 Dark Ops challenges? Dark Ops challenges are tough, hidden missions that only reveal themselves once ...

Robo-umps have arrived. Kinda. Beginning this season, Major League Baseball will use the ABS (short for automated balls and strikes) challenge system, so it's not full robo-umps, but there is now a ...

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 ...

From the moment MLB began testing an automated strike zone in the minor leagues, its eventual arrival to regular season MLB games was an inevitability. And that time has finally arrived. After testing ...

Over the season's first three days, the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system has changed things drastically. Steph Chambers / Getty Images It took all of five days for Major League Baseball’s ...

Detailed view of the scoreboard showing an ABS ball and strike challenge call being overturned to a strikeout during the Chicago White Sox against the Chicago Cubs during a spring training game at ...

Call them an extra set of eyes. With the start of Major League Baseball's regular season this week, the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System makes its debut in all 30 ballparks. The system, ...

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 ...

This “challenge” was the wurst. Citi Field tried to glom onto the viral “999 Challenge,” in which baseball fans gobble down nine hot dogs and nine beers in nine innings — but my attempt to devour the ...

A walk-off via ABS challenge? It took less than a week for Major League Baseball to see the first of its kind. The system, in which a hitter, pitcher, or catcher can challenge a called ball or strike ...

The start of each MLB season brings hope to all 30 fan bases that this could be the year their team plays deep into October and wins the World Series. But it also brings wild new food offerings that ...