ABS stands for the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System that is being used in baseball and coming to MLB starting in 2026.

That's because "robot umpires," in a sense, have officially arrived to MLB. The human element remains, but players will now ...

From the time in the 1800s when the relationship between pitcher and batter became adversarial, arguments about balls and ...

The ABS Challenge System has now come to Major League Baseball, but what is it?

The 2026 MLB season is nearly underway, and with it will come a new rule change in the inclusion of ABS. Here's what to know.

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 ...

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 ...

GLENDALE — At Yankees camp on Wednesday, Luis Gil threw a pitch to Aaron Judge that tailed just below the zone. Gil disagreed. Believing it caught the bottom of the plate, he put his hand to his cap.

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 ...

Major League Baseball has finally started experimenting with robot umpires, but it might be a while until we see them in regular season games. During 2025 spring training, MLB has adopted the ...