The technology for tracking balls and strikes and challenging the human umpires behind home plate is making its Major League ...

The Joint Competition Committee last September voted to bring the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System, powered by T-Mobile, to the big leagues in 2026 following several years of ...

At long last, player protest with ball or strike calls can be handled with something other than ineffectual arguing. Beginning with the 2026 MLB season, players will have the power to appeal the ...

PHOENIX –– When it comes to the new ball-strike challenge system being implemented in Major League Baseball this year, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts doesn’t yet have any hard-and-fast rules for his ...

Just over half the ball/strike challenges were successful on the first day of spring training games Friday as Major League Baseball prepared for the first regular-season use of the automated ...

PHOENIX -- Thirteen spring stadiums and over 60% of Cactus and Grapefruit League games will feature an automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system as MLB continues to inch closer to using it during ...

Astros manager Joe Espada is trying to take emotion out of the equation for challenging calls in MLB's new system.

This creates a fascinating dilemma. The runner successfully steals second base, but the catcher doesn’t attempt a throw because he believes the inning is over with the called third strike. If the ...

Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona admitted that he’s not worried about Major League Baseball’s upcoming shift to an automated ball-strike system. The league announced in September that the 2026 ...

MLB is implementing the ABS challenge system for the first time in the regular season after testing it during spring training games last year.

It happened two weeks ago, but video is just starting to go viral. Yankees prospect Jasson Dominguez, batting for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League, takes a 3-1 pitch just below his knees, ...