Major League Baseballimplemented the ABS challenge systemfor the 2026 season, which allows players to challenge a ball or strike call made by the plate umpire. Each team receives two challenges to ...

Major League Baseball changed forever last week with the opening act of the Automated-Ball Strike challenge system. Now, for the first time, the pitcher, catcher, or batter can challenge an umpire’s ...

It's clear AJ Hinch and Co. have developed a plan surrounding ABS this season, and it's been executed nearly to perfection. The future of ABS is up in the air, but the first two weeks of it in Major ...

With Opening Day less than two weeks away (March 26), the Red Sox are getting the hang of the Automatic Ball-Strike system, which officially became a part of Major League Baseball at the start of ...

Six weeks into the 2026 season, six MLB teams are hurting their chances by completely mismanaging their limited, ...

It has been only three weeks, but Major League Baseball’s ABS challenge system has ushered in a whole new genre of statistics in a sport that was already known for the treasure trove of numbers and ...

Three weeks into the season, baseball's new automated balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system has begun to fade into the background. You couldn't not notice it that first weekend. It was new and ...

SCOTTSDALE -- Major League Baseball finalized rules for the first year of the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system, which will debut on Opening Day this season. Among the latest tweaks, teams ...