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 ...

The 2026 MLB season introduces three major rule changes for various parts of the game. Teams now have a system to contest balls and strikes with the new ABS Challenge System. Coaches must stay in ...

The Royals got their first regular-season look at Major League Baseball’s Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system during opening weekend. In their first game, against the Atlanta Braves, catcher ...

With Spring Training games in full swing, baseball fans are starting to get familiar with the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system. Although ABS isn’t brand new to baseball, as it’s been used in the ...

The ABS Challenge System was first utilized in MLB during spring training in 2025. | Mike Lang / Sarasota Herald-Tribune / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images MLB games will look different in spring ...

One of the biggest additions to Major League Baseball will be implemented on a full-time basis this year, with the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system coming to the regular season. The ABS ...

Some teams are being aggressive. Others are holding back. ABS strategy is a work in progress. Ryan Sirius Sun / Getty Images One week into the ABS challenge system, the Boston Red Sox have a clearly ...

Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books covering a wide spectrum ranging from Apple devices and cameras to photo editing software and ...

PHOENIX — The fans love it. The umpires tolerate it. The players are getting used to it. And after nearly two weeks of the ABS challenge system implemented in Major League Baseball – with 585 ...

If New York Yankees ace Max Fried throws a clear strike to San Francisco Giants slugger Rafael Devers on Wednesday night, and it’s instead ruled a ball, the days of needing to suck it up and suffering ...

Royals catcher Salvador Perez overturned three called balls using ABS challenges. Players tap hat/helmet within ~2 seconds; only batter, pitcher or catcher may challenge. ABS uses Hawk‑Eye cameras and ...