Major League Baseball has implemented the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system this season and it has been a huge hit. No pun intended. The players and fans love it. Here is how it works: Each ...

The new ABS system has been controversial across baseball, but perhaps no group has been more rankled at its arrival as former umpires. Billie Weiss / Boston Red Sox / Getty Images What is a strike?

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 ...

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 -- Aaron Judge believes the New York Yankees went a little bit overboard in their preparation for baseball's new Automated Ball-Strike System. Manager Aaron Boone admits he is a little ...

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José Caballero, pictured hitting a single in the second inning, made the first challenge of the ABS era in the fourth inning, but the strike call was upheld. Thearon W. Henderson / Getty Images SAN ...

A historic baseball moment will forever be remembered for being overshadowed by an in-game manager interview. Those waiting for the first Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge Wednesday may have felt ...

With a new Major League Baseball season here, a major change will play a unique role in how the year progresses. Coming to the majors this season is the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, or ABS ...

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 ...

The era of the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System has begun, and the New York Mets were the first team in major league history to benefit from it. During the Mets' season-opener against the ...

Baseball season is officially here and the biggest talking point ahead of the new year has been the implementation of the Automated-Ball Strike system. Tested last year during spring training then ...