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 ABS challenge system makes its way to the MLB regular season for the first time. Here's everything you need to know about how it works.

Major League Baseball announced Tuesday the league will implement the ABS challenge system for the 2026 season. The automated ball strike challenge system will have several rules, according to MLB.

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 automatic balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system has been tested in Triple-A for a couple of seasons. It was also tested in spring training this year. Now it's taking center stage in MLB's ...

MLB announced plans to implement the Automated Ball Strike (ABS) Challenge System on a full-time basis, beginning with the 2026 regular season. The rule change comes after a vote by the joint ...

MLB games will look different in spring training and the regular season in 2026, as the league will be using the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System in every ballpark for the first time in the big ...

So far, so good for the ABS challenge system. Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh called the first successful ball-strike challenge in major league history in the bottom of the first at the 2025 All-Star ...

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 ...