As we enter the final week of the 2025 MLB regular season, the league has made a significant announcement, stating that it will implement an Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System for the entirety of ...

Major League Baseball sent a memo to farm directors Tuesday indicating that beginning on June 25, all Triple-A games will use the ABS (automatic balls and strikes) challenge system as opposed to full ...

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 ...

Starting in the 2026 season, Major League Baseball players will be able to challenge called balls and strikes in regular and postseason games for the first time. The widely expected adoption of the ...

With MLB’s competition committee expected to approve the automated ball-strike challenge system on Tuesday, it’s a good time to explain both how ABS works and clear up some of its misconceptions.

TAMPA — Aaron Boone is no fan of Major League Baseball’s latest experiment. The league has implemented an automated ball-strike, or ABS, challenge system this spring, giving players the opportunity to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...