The Automated Balls and Strikes (ABS) challenge system is coming to Major League Baseball in the 2026 season. Players will ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Justyn-Henry Malloy is renowned for his elite plate discipline and ability to swing at pitches within the strike zone, so much so that he has been dubbed the human version of the ...

The ABS arrives amid social media accounts and content creators regularly using data and game footage to evaluate umpire ...

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 ...

We’re about to see something new as the Kansas City Royals open their spring training schedule with games against fellow Major League Baseball teams. On Thursday, MLB rolled out its new “Automated ...

The challenge system for calling balls and strikes seems to be less than a year away. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred tells Evan Drellich of The Athletic that the league will propose that change, to go ...

When the Guardians gather for spring training in Goodyear, Arizona in February, manager Stephen Vogt will have a message for ...

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 ...