The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system that MLB rolled out during spring training and has been used in the minor leagues will be getting primetime treatment, as the ABS system will be used at the MLB ...

The robot umps are here. Major League Baseball’s competition committee on Tuesday afternoon approved the introduction of the automated ball-strike system, or ABS, for the 2026 regular season. Every ...

Do you play pool? If so, you probably take the automatic ball return systems in bar and billiard hall tables for granted. [Roger Makes] was tired of walking around his home table to collect the balls ...

It comes as no surprise, but it’s official now: the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge system is coming to MLB for the 2026 season. Each team will get two challenges per game, and will lose one if a ...

Major League Baseball’s Joint Competition Committee will meet Tuesday to vote on the implementation of the Automated Ball-Strike system for the 2026 season, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports.