Major League Baseball is introducing the Automated Balls-Strikes challenge system (ABS system) next season after growing complaints about the way balls and strikes are called. It might be a year too ...

PHOENIX — It didn’t come as a surprise for anyone in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ clubhouse that the automated balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system will be added to Major League Baseball games next ...

On Tuesday, MLB announced that in 2026, the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System will be coming to the big leagues. The challenge system has been trialed in the minors for a few seasons now, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Robot umpires have not yet entered the chat, but their arrival is imminent. Tuesday’s announcement that Major League Baseball will fully adopt an automated ball-strike (ABS) ...

On Tuesday, MLB’s Joint Competition Committee voted to implement the ABS Challenge System that teams and fans saw in spring training this season. Something of a compromise between true robo-umps and ...

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 ...

The ABS system is coming to Major League Baseball in 2026. (Logan Gehman/Phillies Nation) PHILADELPHIA — The automated ball-strike challenge system is coming to Major League Baseball next regular ...

MLB Competition Committee's decided to implement the ABS Challenge System in 2026. The Yankees clinching a spot and the Guardians-Tigers game was a Skubal meltdown.

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 ...

Share on Facebook (opens in a new tab) Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) Share on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) Share on email (opens in a new tab) ATLANTA, GA - JULY 15: A general view of a ABS ...

It's happening. The Automatic Balls and Strikes challenge system is coming to the regular season in 2026, and the Arizona Diamondbacks shared some thoughts on MLB's newest implementation. The ABS ...