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 ...

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 ...

Jazz Chisholm Jr. was on base twice in the 2-0 loss to the Orioles, roping a single off tough lefty Trevor Rogers and later drawing a walk. Austin Wells challenged a pitch in the fourth inning, trying ...

Though he holds the pole vaulting world record and was crowned the 2025 World Athlete of the Year, Swedish-American pole vaulter Mando Duplantis has decided to vault onto a new track: pop music. The ...

Manager Terry Francona and the Reds will be using the Automated Balls and Strikes (ABS) system when spring games begin. The Reds will play their Cactus League opener on Feb. 21 against the Cleveland ...

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 ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Even if you watched only one Phillies game last year, you caught an irritated look or a choice word from a hitter, pitcher or catcher following a borderline pitch. That called ...

The Mets and all of Major League Baseball will have to navigate a new way to determine balls and strikes in 2026. Starting on Opening Day, the automatic ball and strike (ABS) challenge system will be ...

February 17 - Major League Baseball broadcasts no longer will use the strike zone box to indicate where the pitch was a ball or a strike, a move that coincides with the league's implementation of the ...

The change to the strike zone box on MLB TV broadcasts has been implemented in conjunction with the automatic ball-strike challenge system. Mark J. Rebilas / USA Today Fans at home will have a ...

When alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin casually dropped a video showing what she jokingly called her “back abs,” the internet predictably lost its collective mind. The clip shows etched lines and ...