A walk-off via ABS challenge? It took less than a week for Major League Baseball to see the first of its kind. The system, in which a hitter, pitcher, or catcher can challenge a called ball or strike ...

After tinkering with the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system for a few years, MLB brought the technology to the regular season in 2026. It didn’t take long before the new technology was put ...

Welcome to Snyder's Soapbox! Here, I pontificate about matters related to Major League Baseball on a weekly basis. Some of the topics will be pressing matters, some might seem insignificant in the ...

The robots are here, and they are a hoot. MLB’s new automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system was the star of opening weekend, the main character in the first scene of this baseball season. Prior ...

SAN FRANCISCO — José Caballero made history Wednesday night, just not successfully. The Yankees shortstop became the first player to challenge a pitch using the automated ball-strike system during the ...

There’s no way this game show version of Automated Ball-Strike is going to be what baseball is still using in 2035. Eventually they’re going to get to using ABS on every pitch. So how about skipping ...

World Series MVP and Cy Young contender Yoshinobu Yamamoto received a hero’s welcome as he took the mound for the Dodgers on Opening Day. But then something new and extraordinary happened. After ...

BALTIMORE - We may have found a flaw in the Rangers’ new team-first approach to hitting. They are too polite. Nobody, it seems, wants to be the guy to waste an ABS challenge that could be saved for ...

Use ’em or lose ’em. That’s not exactly an emerging strategy for the new Automated Ball-Strike system, but it’s a guideline that the Padres are wrapping their heads around as they continue to get a ...

There were 30 total ABS challenges in Major League Baseball on Thursday's Opening Day. One player issued more challenges than any other on ball-strike calls: Chicago White Sox catcher Edgar Quero.

Salvador Perez was a perfect 4-for-4 on ABS challenges early in the season. Royals emphasize saving challenges for later, especially two-strike situations. ABS uses 12 cameras with ~1/6-inch accuracy; ...

We’re only a few days into the 2026 Major League Baseball season, and the new robo-judges, which players can use to overturn calls, have already led to some incredible moments, an ejection, and a lot ...