Using Hawk-Eye ball-tracking technology, the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System will allow MLB players to contest ...

The Detroit Tigers are preparing for MLB's new automated ball-strike challenge system coming in the 2026 season, focusing on ...

Major League Baseball’s Automated Ball-Strike System lets players challenge pitches, and Brewers players are learning the strategy during spring training as ABS prepares to debut in the 2026 season.

Nov 9, 2025; Mesa, AZ, USA; MLB umpire Felix Neon during the Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game at Sloan Park. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Baseball has survived scandals, rule ...

Umpires first began calling both balls and strikes way back in 1864, and baseballers have been arguing about those calls ever since. Strike-zone judgment has been the subject of some untold number of ...

Isaac Paredes has had 198 called strikes on pitches outside the strike zone in the last three seasons and could benefit from ...

With the Automatic Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system in line to be fully integrated in Major League games at the start of next season, it will mark the biggest rule change the sport has seen since ...

After years of fans clamoring for it, Major League Baseball is finally implementing an Automated Ball-Strike system for the ...

MLB will introduce robot umpires in 2026 with the Automated Ball-Strike System. Human umpires make calls, but teams can challenge them to the computer. The technology has been tested in the minors, ...

The MLB's introduction of the Automated Ball-Strike System aims to enhance strike zone accuracy, particularly for taller players like Bryce Eldridge and Aaron Judge, amid the complexities of ...

TEMPE, Ariz. — A few times through the middle innings of the Angels’ game on Tuesday, a hitter would disagree with an umpire’s call, and then glare into the ...

Baseball has survived scandals, rule changes, and generational shifts, but few topics have split the sport like the push toward an automated strike zone. What began as a quiet experiment in the minor ...