Beginning in 2026, the “Challenge System” will be used in all Spring Training, Championship Season, and Postseason games. The Competition Committee – comprised of six owners, four active players and ...

The MLB has announced plans to implement an Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system in the major leagues during the 2026 season. As reported by The Dallas Express, the ABS system was previously ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Major League Baseball in 2026 will introduce a system that won’t just change how games are called – it also will fundamentally transform how umpires are evaluated, discussed, and ...

The strategic side of baseball's next big rule change is already in motion. Here's the early thinking from MLB managers.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Baseball’s technological revolution continues as Major League Baseball officially announced that robot umpires – or more precisely, the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system – ...

The ABS arrives amid social media accounts and content creators regularly using data and game footage to evaluate umpire performance. Perhaps the most well-known X/Twitter accounts are Umpire Auditor ...

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 ...

Two ballparks in the Arizona Fall League are allowing challenges of balls and strikes, and baseball fans react to seeing it in action for the first time recently. It happened two weeks ago, but video ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - When the 2026 Major League Baseball (MLB) season begins in the spring, its newest innovation will be in the starting. The Automated Ball-Strike, or ABS challenge system, is ...

After testing the system for two seasons in Triple-A, Major League Baseball has decided to implement the ABS (Automated Ball-Strike) challenge system at the start of next year’s season. Since the ...

Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System. ABS will be introduced in ...