The robot umpires are here. Well, only kind of. MLB has a new ABS challenge system, and its implementation begins in Spring Training before being used throughout the regular season and postseason, too ...

Overreaction runs rampant in fantasy baseball in early April. When a player hits 2 HR in a game, he is the next coming of Babe Ruth. A sparsely-known pitcher spins a beautiful outing and he has ...

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 ...

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 ...

Major League Baseball will be instituting the ABS (Automatic Ball and Strike) challenge system for 2026. Previously used in Spring Training 2025 and throughout the minor leagues over the last several ...

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 ...

Spring training has provided a proving ground for Major League Baseball's new Automated Ball-Strike challenge system and the results have been quite positive. The entire process is short and ...

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 ...

But fans on Wednesday night were treated to a rare first at the baseball cathedral at the corner of Clark and Addison: the ...

Huascar Brazobán thought he had just gotten out of a big-time jam in the top half of the fifth inning on Tuesday afternoon at Citi Field. And in all other years of Major League Baseball’s history, the ...

José Caballero, pictured hitting a single in the second inning, made the first challenge of the ABS era in the fourth inning, but the strike call was upheld. Thearon W. Henderson / Getty Images SAN ...