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 ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. – When spring training games begin at the end of the week, so too will a new era of Major League Baseball, one in which teams will finally have the power to correct umpires’ mistakes.

The adoption of the automated ball-and-strike (ABS) challenge system by Major League Baseball is one of the biggest technological shifts in the sport over recent years. The league hopes to make it ...

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 ...

Major League Baseball appears to be closer to implementing the automated ball-strike challenge system across the board. The league sent a memo to minor-league club directors on Tuesday announcing that ...

Major League Baseball dropped a long-awaited bombshell on September 23, as the Joint Competition Committee unanimously approved the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System. Starting in 2026, this ...

The ABS Challenge System was first utilized in MLB during spring training in 2025. | Mike Lang / Sarasota Herald-Tribune / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images MLB games will look different in spring ...

For some time now, an automated strike zone -- informally known as the "robo ump" -- has been used at the Triple-A level and on occasion at various other rungs of the minor leagues. Recently, MLB ...