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 ...

PHOENIX — The fans love it. The umpires tolerate it. The players are getting used to it. And after nearly two weeks of the ABS challenge system implemented in Major League Baseball – with 585 ...

The average miss of the 11 most accurate umps is 0.7 inches or less, according to tracking website Tap the Challenge. Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Most businesses would balk at creating a ...

The new ABS system has been controversial across baseball, but perhaps no group has been more rankled at its arrival as former umpires. Billie Weiss / Boston Red Sox / Getty Images What is a strike?

On the first day of the new automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system, the Mariners didn’t initiate any challenges Thursday night. Cleveland challenged two calls, winning one and losing one. Each ...

Major League Baseball’s new era arrived faster than expected. José Caballero became the first player in MLB history to use the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system during a regular-season game ...

The 2026 MLB season is officially here, but not without one of the most major changes in the history of the sport. After a century-and-a-half of complete human element behind home plate, batters, ...

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 ...

After tinkering with the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system for a few years, MLB brought the technology to the regular season in 2026. It didn’t take long before the new technology was put ...

The era of the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System has begun, and the New York Mets were the first team in major league history to benefit from it. During the Mets' season-opener against the ...

Major League Baseball has made some serious changes to the sport in recent years. From the universal DH to replay challenges to pitch clocks, and 2026 will be no different. This year, the league is ...

Another major change is coming to MLB. Just years after the ghost runner and pitch clock rules significantly changed the rhythm of baseball, shortening game length, the league is now addressing a ...