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 ...

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.

The scoreboard at LECOM Park displays a message about a pitch call being challenged. Major League Baseball is testing an Automated Ball-Stike (ABS) challenge system at select spring training parks.

Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the strike zone.

SAN FRANCISCO — In the top of the second inning Tuesday night, Logan Webb threw a 2-2 slider to Victor Scott II that just missed the outer edge of the plate. As it hit Patrick Bailey’s glove, the ...

Beginning next season, Major League Baseball will implement the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System across the regular season and postseason. Each team will receive two challenges per game, ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- In the top of the second inning Tuesday night, Logan Webb threw a 2-2 slider to Victor Scott II that just missed the outer edge of the plate. As it hit Patrick Bailey's glove, the ...

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St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar welcomed the news that MLB’s automated ball-strike (ABS) system will be fully implemented in 2026. Known as one of the league’s most disciplined hitters, ...

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, ...

The National Assessment considered 10 priority hazards (including temperature increases, drought, bushfires, storms, flooding and ocean warming) over historical (1850-1900), current (2011-2030), ...