No lineup had worse luck with missed calls behind the plate in 2025 than the Orioles. The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system is coming to MLB next season, granting teams at least two ...

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 ...

BRADENTON — Major League Baseball may soon begin the “Upon further review” portion of its balls and strikes calls. After spring training wraps up next week, MLB’s competition committee will begin ...

Major League Baseball dropped a long-awaited bombshell on September 23, as the Joint Competition Committee unanimously approved the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System. Starting in 2026, this ...

Over the years, MLB has heard the vocal demands for robot umps (or ABS) as umpires struggle to keep up with the increased velocity and movement in today's game. The league tested an ABS challenge ...

Tuesday night's Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Truist Park in suburban Atlanta will feature the automated ball-strike (ABS) system that could be part of the league on a regular basis as soon ...

During spring training this year, Major League Baseball used a challenge system for balls and strikes based on ABS (automated ball-strike system). For those unaware, ABS uses a Hawk-Eye camera that ...

A long-awaited rule change is set to transform Major League Baseball games beginning next season. On Tuesday, the MLB Joint Competition Committee voted to approve the implementation of the Automated ...

A national audience is about to learn all about the automatic balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system. MLB will employ the ABS system in next week’s All-Star Game on July 15 while there are growing ...

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.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants got a preview of the automated ball-strike system, or ABS, during Cactus League games this past spring. Starting next year, the system will be making its debut in the majors ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Half the time, Louisville Bats catcher Chuckie Robinson likes the Automated Balls and Strikes System. The other half of the time? He’s not so sure about it. Robinson’s internal ...