Major League Baseball implemented the ABS challenge system for the 2026 season, which allows players to challenge a ball or strike call made by the plate umpire. Each team receives two challenges to ...

Baseball season is officially here and the biggest talking point ahead of the new year has been the implementation of the Automated-Ball Strike system. Tested last year during spring training then ...

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 ...

CB Bucknor has 26 years of service time as a major-league umpire. Jeffrey Dean / MLB Photos via Getty Images CINCINNATI — It was Ryan Watson’s big-league debut with the Boston Red Sox, but longtime ...

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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 ...

Players and managers were able to get used to ABS during spring training, but Opening Day will likely be the first time many fans experience the system. Mark Cunningham / MLB Photos via Getty Images ...

Just like with the pitch clock, the advent of robot umpires did not break Major League Baseball. The automated ball-strike system (ABS) debuted in the major leagues Wednesday after years of testing in ...

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For more than a century, baseball’s home plate umpires have called a ball or a strike based on interpretation of a vague, loosely defined strike zone. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

The start of the MLB season has introduced a new tech tool that's set to shake up the game: the ABS system. Designed to correct human errors in calling balls and strikes, this system was put to the ...