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 Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system has arrived in the regular season this year for the first time, bringing significant change and an added element of strategy to games. Los Angeles ...

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?

Reds win back-to-back ABS challenges twice in one game, perfect so far The Reds are a perfect 6-for-6 on their challenges with the new Automated Ball-Strike system. Alas, poor CB Bucknor. The ...

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, ...

In the sixth inning of Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels, an ideal moment occurred for the Houston Astros to use the new automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system. Jose Altuve stood at ...

SEATTLE (AP) — The New York Yankees won all five of their challenges utilizing the Automated Ball-Strike System during Monday night's 2-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners. While manager Aaron Boone would ...

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 ...

Twins manager Derek Shelton, right, thought umpires on Sunday took too long to accept a challenge request from the Orioles and was ejected for arguing. Jamie Sabau / Getty Images BALTIMORE — If we can ...

BALTIMORE -- Samuel Basallo made a little history when the Orioles catcher became the first major leaguer to end a game with a successful challenge via the automated ball-strike system. No word on ...

C.B. Bucknor has wasted no time establishing himself as the No. 1 villain of the ABS era. If not in all of baseball, at least in Boston. On Saturday, Bucknor made a number of bad calls and eight of ...

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 ...