At long last, player protest with ball or strike calls can be handled with something other than ineffectual arguing. Beginning with the 2026 MLB season, players will have the power to appeal the ...

The automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system will also allow umpires to flag a specific pitch to see if they got the call correct.

It's a new era for MLB as the league implements a challenge systems for balls and strikes.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — As you know, at long last MLB players will get the chance to challenge ball-and-strike calls during games beginning this year. Officially called the ABS challenge system, this ...

This milestone marks a new chapter in the player's career and in the history of the Red Sox.

Astros manager Joe Espada is trying to take emotion out of the equation for challenging calls in MLB's new system.

The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system is coming to MLB next season, granting teams at least two opportunities per game to send home plate umpires’ ball and strike calls to replay review.

Major League Baseball broadcasts no longer will use the strike zone box to indicate where the pitch was a ball or a strike, a ...

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Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell is preparing his team to experiment with MLB’s new Automated Ball-Strike System this spring. The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training are right around the ...

Major League Baseball will be instituting the ABS (Automatic Ball and Strike) challenge system for 2026. Previously used in Spring Training 2025 and throughout the minor leagues over the last several ...