Major League Baseball’s Automated Ball-Strike System lets players challenge pitches, and Brewers players are learning the strategy during spring training as ABS prepares to debut in the 2026 season.

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 ...

Intrigued by new Statcast metrics, we decided to specifically test whether or not framing ability actually correlates to ABS success.

In recent years, we've seen MLB become more receptive to the technology at its disposal. The league expanded the replay challenge rules, added a pitch clock and introduced Statcast to elevate how fans ...

View post: Slo-Mo Video of Caitlin Clark's Team USA Play Leaves Fans in Disbelief MLB introduces Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System with player-initiated challenges for disputed calls. Players ...

MLB home plate umpires missing calls behind the dish is as frustrating an event as any for fans, players and managers to deal with. With that, having an automated balls and strikes (ABS) system in ...

It's a new era for MLB. The days of arguing over balls and strikes are coming to an end, or are at least going to slow down. This season, MLB is instituting an Automated Balls and Strikes Challenge ...

Thursday's Cactus League game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs will be more than just the first spring training game of 2025. It'll also be a bit of baseball history: For the first ...

Cactus League games haven’t even started, but the Royals got their first look at the new Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System on Tuesday. Surprise Stadium, the Spring Training home of the Royals and ...

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