ABS stands for automated ball strike, and it's the new challenge system in MLB for the 2026 season. It was previously tested out in the minor leagues, beginning in 2022, so many current MLB players ...

MLB’s ABS Challenge System has baseball fans intrigued by how it affects games and New York Yankees star Aaron Judge got a ...

The 2026 MLB season will be the first with the new ABS Challenge System in place.

The first week of Spring Training games have already given us a glimpse into how the challenge system will work — and the results are surprising.

Tuesday night's Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Truist Park in suburban Atlanta will feature the automated ball-strike (ABS) system that could be part of the league on a regular basis as soon ...

MLB is incorporating the Automated Ball-Strike system during the 2026 season, and the Yankees have been testing it during ...

Major League Baseball is to debut a Hawk-Eye-powered system that allows teams to challenge umpires’ ball-strike decision. A ...

With MLB’s competition committee expected to approve the automated ball-strike challenge system on Tuesday, it’s a good time to explain both how ABS works and clear up some of its misconceptions.

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 ...

MLB's Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge system will debut during the 2026 regular season.

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 has been tested in ...

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 ...