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 ...
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 ...
It's a brand-new day for MLB teams, players and fans: The ABS challenge system-- which was tested in spring training and the All-Star Game last year-- is coming full-time to the game in 2026! That's ...
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone offers his thoughts on preparing his team to make good use of the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system. Based on the New York Yankees’ research into the use of ...
Beginning this season, teams will be granted at least two challenges of the home-plate umpire’s strike zone each game, as well as an additional challenge in extra innings, if their initial two have ...
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 ...
It's a new era for MLB. The days of arguing over balls and strikes are coming to an end, or are at least going to slow down. This season, MLB is instituting an Automated Balls and Strikes Challenge ...
Fans are starting to get a good look at Major League Baseball's new Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, and so far, it's sparked some interesting conversation for the Toronto Blue Jays. The ABS ...
The ABS challenge system will be part of Major League Baseball during the regular season for the first time in history this year. It had previously been used in the minor leagues, in last year's ...
Carlos Mendoza said the team would be aggressive this spring when it came to using the new automated ball-strike challenge system. They were aggressive again Monday, as Clay Holmes’ outing ended when ...
PHOENIX –– When it comes to the new ball-strike challenge system being implemented in Major League Baseball this year, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts doesn’t yet have any hard-and-fast rules for his ...
After testing the system in spring training last season, MLB is finally going to have an automated strike zone (ABS) challenge system for the 2026 regular season. And just as we saw in spring training ...