Three weeks into the season, baseball's new automated balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system has begun to fade into the background. You couldn't not notice it that first weekend. It was new and ...

PITTSBURGH — The Orioles are officially off to a slow start. Baltimore (3-5) lost for the fourth time in five games Saturday, squandering a two-run lead to fall to the Pirates, 3-2, in walk-off ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike Challenge system has proven to be a challenge for the Guardians in the early part of this season. The reason is simple: they’re not very good at it. The ...

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Overreaction runs rampant in fantasy baseball in early April. When a player hits 2 HR in a game, he is the next coming of Babe Ruth. A sparsely-known pitcher spins a beautiful outing and he has ...

While the New York Yankees went down in history as the first team to lose the first ever ABS challenge, this is a system that should greatly benefit them. When speaking to the Associated Press, ...

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 ...

On the first day of the new automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system, the Mariners didn’t initiate any challenges Thursday night. Cleveland challenged two calls, winning one and losing one. Each ...

Major League Baseball’s new era arrived faster than expected. José Caballero became the first player in MLB history to use the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system during a regular-season game ...

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, ...

Just leave it up to Cal. That appears to be the Mariners’ general strategy — let their star catcher, Cal Raleigh, handle it — for MLB’s automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system, which will make ...

Robo-umps have arrived. Kinda. Beginning this season, Major League Baseball will use the ABS (short for automated balls and strikes) challenge system, so it's not full robo-umps, but there is now a ...