Plus, how successful were challenges during spring training?

There's not much time to think it over.

At long last, player protest with ball or strike calls can be handled with something other than ineffectual arguing.

Major League Baseball announced Tuesday the league will implement the ABS challenge system for the 2026 season. The automated ball strike challenge system will have several rules, according to MLB.

Fans are starting to get a good look at Major League Baseball's new Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, and so far, it's sparked some interesting conversation for the Toronto Blue Jays. The ABS ...

MLB home plate umpires missing calls behind the dish is as frustrating an event as any for fans, players and managers to deal with. With that, having an automated balls and strikes (ABS) system in ...

ABS (the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, powered by T-Mobile) is finally here, and in Spring Training, we're getting ...

The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system is coming to MLB next season, granting teams at least two opportunities per game to send home plate umpires’ ball and strike calls to replay review.

It's a new era for MLB. The days of arguing over balls and strikes are coming to an end, or are at least going to slow down. This season, MLB is instituting an Automated Balls and Strikes Challenge ...

The ABS challenge system has generated a buzz in spring camps, just like Spencer Jones and Konnor Griffin have with their bats. Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic; Photos: Christian ...

Major League Baseball will be instituting the ABS (Automatic Ball and Strike) challenge system for 2026. Previously used in Spring Training 2025 and throughout the minor leagues over the last several ...