At long last, player protest with ball or strike calls can be handled with something other than ineffectual arguing.

The robot umpires are here. Well, only kind of. MLB has a new ABS challenge system, and its implementation begins in Spring Training before being used throughout the regular season and postseason, too ...

Yahoo Sports senior MLB analysts Jordan Shusterman and Jake Mintz examine the history of replay in the MLB and how we got to the ABS challenge system. Check out the full conversation on the “Baseball ...

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.

Major League Baseball sent a memo to farm directors Tuesday indicating that beginning on June 25, all Triple-A games will use the ABS (automatic balls and strikes) challenge system as opposed to full ...

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on Tuesday, the league announced. The 11-person committee consists of six owners, ...

ATLANTA — It took all of eight batters for the Automated Ball-Strike system to make an impact at the 2025 MLB All-Star Game, its first such appearance in a non-spring training MLB contest. Facing an ...

Three seasons after adding the pitch clock to TV broadcasts, baseball producers now are figuring out how to handle the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, which will be part o ...

When it came to pitchers, it seemed as if the Red Sox had a type. The team seemingly coveted giants with mid-90s, upper-90s, and triple-digit power stuff that’s typically associated with October ...

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 ...