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 ...

The Automated Ball Strike (ABS) Challenge system that MLB took for a test drive in spring training will be full adopted during the 2026 season. Major League Baseball made the announcement this morning ...

It's been a hotly debated topic ever since the coaches' challenge was introduced to Major League Baseball back in 2014. Now, the time has finally come. MLB has approved a new Automated Balls and ...

With MLB’s competition committee expected to approve the automated ball-strike challenge system on Tuesday, it’s a good time to explain both how ABS works and clear up some of its misconceptions.

It's official: MLB will be using the ABS challenge system throughout the entire 2026 season. Robot umpires — also called "automated balls and strikes" (ABS) — have been used in the minor leagues and ...

Major League Baseball's competition committee is expected to approve the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on Tuesday, the New York Post reports. The 11-person committee ...

In the spring training battle of pitchers, catchers and batters vs. borderline strike calls from umpires, the players prevailed – but just barely. Major League Baseball’s tryout of a challenge system ...

Next week's MLB All-Star Game is going to look a little different from years past. The midsummer classic will be the first non-spring training game to feature the automatic balls and strikes system ...