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Following years of testing in the minor leagues, as well as during spring training, MLB forged ahead with a system in which ...

For the first time in MLB history, balls and strikes will be able to be challenged starting in the 2026 regular season. The Automated Balls/Strikes (ABS) Challenge System, which was featured during ...

MLB on Tuesday announced that the ABS Challenge System will be utilized for the first time during the 2026 spring training, regular season and postseason. MLB tested the ABS Challenge System during ...

MLB will be using the ABS challenge system throughout the entire 2026 season. Robot umpires - also called "automated balls and strikes" (ABS) - have been used in the minor leagues and during the 2025 ...

PHOENIX — Major League Baseball, which has ventured out of its comfort zone the past few years – implementing pitch clocks, ghost runners, enlarged bases, and a universal designated hitter – now is ...

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on Tuesday, the league announced. The 11-person committee consists of six owners, ...

Royals third base coach Mike Jirschele waves home shortstop Alcides Escobar for an inside-the-park home run during World ...

Starting in 2026, teams will be able to challenge balls and strikes. Here's a complete breakdown of how the new system will work. Major League Baseball tested the ABS challenge system in spring ...

Cleveland Guardians prospect Chase DeLauter will make his MLB debut in a must-win playoff game. DeLauter is one of six players in history to make their major league debut in the postseason. Cleveland ...

Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball's 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major ...

In 2021, his first season in ... like the most talented player in the game's history in his first spring. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, ...