It's a brand-new day for MLB teams, players and fans: The ABS challenge system-- which was tested in spring training and the All-Star Game last year-- is coming full-time to the game in 2026! That's ...

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 ...

Major League Baseball's exhibition season gets underway Friday afternoon. Unlike most years, this round of spring training isn't just serving as a warm-up for the players, but rather will also serve ...

Beginning this season, teams will be granted at least two challenges of the home-plate umpire’s strike zone each game, as well as an additional challenge in extra innings, if their initial two have ...

MESA, Ariz. — For the first five months of Triple-A Iowa’s 2025 season, right-hander Gavin Hollowell let his catchers decide whether to signal for the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system on any ...

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone offers his thoughts on preparing his team to make good use of the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system. Based on the New York Yankees’ research into the use of ...

MLB games will look different in spring training and the regular season in 2026, as the league will be using the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System in every ballpark for the first time in the big ...

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 ...

MLB Vice President of On-Field Strategies Joe Martinez presents the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System rules during Cactus League media day at Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia on Feb. 12 ...

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MLB adds ABS Challenge: pitcher, batter or catcher may tap to review calls. Royals say they want catchers, not pitchers, to lead challenges. Teams get two challenges; lose both and you’re out unless ...