Major League Baseball is to debut a Hawk-Eye-powered system that allows teams to challenge umpires’ ball-strike decision. A ...

MLB's Automated Ball-Strike challenge system (ABS) is being implemented this spring and will stick around during the 2026 season, and some of the league's biggest stars are being affected in different ...

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

Cast, Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman explain the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System with help from MLB catcher Garrett Stubbs.

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 ...

Just over half the ball/strike challenges were successful on the first day of spring training games as Major League Baseball ...

It isn't clear exactly who will benefit the most from ABS challenges, but pitchers who can paint at the top of the zone might get a boost.

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 ...

Davis Schneider and Alejandro Kirk will have the green light, George Springer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. probably have a yellow.

The automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system will also allow umpires to flag a specific pitch to see if they got the call correct.

In a stunning and controversial move, Major League Baseball announced last week that game broadcasts will no longer display whether a pitch is ruled a ball or a strike, coinciding with the full ...