View post: Best Sports Card Releases for January 2026: Prizm Football, Immaculate, and More MLB will implement the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System permanently in 2026. Fans and managers, ...

This creates a fascinating dilemma. The runner successfully steals second base, but the catcher doesn’t attempt a throw because he believes the inning is over with the called third strike. If the ...

Iffy strike zones may be a thing of the past as the automatic balls and strikes system is coming to MLB for the 2026 season Mom battles judge’s order banning her taking daughter to church Hundreds of ...

7:33pm: Major League Baseball’s Joint Competition Committee voted 9-2 to approve the ABS challenge system, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports. All six owners and three of the four players voted in ...

NEW YORK — Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System. ABS will be ...

Starting next season, MLB players will be able to challenge balls and strikes a few times per game. A vote on Tuesday approved the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System, which had been tested ...

September 23 - Automated ball-strike challenges are coming to Major League Baseball next season. A Tuesday vote from the MLB Joint Competition Committee, an 11-person group that includes six team ...

MLB announced Tuesday that the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System will be fully implemented in both leagues throughout the upcoming season. The general procedure for challenging balls and strikes ...

Kansas City Royals first base coach Damon Hollins and umpire Chris Guccione look on as the results of a Automated Ball Strike (ABS) replay challenge by Texas Rangers catcher Chad Wallach are shown on ...

Automated ball-strike challenges are coming to Major League Baseball next season. The particulars are pending a Tuesday vote from the MLB competition committee, an 11-person group that includes six ...

Only the batter, pitcher or catcher can challenge an umpire’s ball or strike call with the ABS system. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Human umpires will remain behind the plate calling balls and ...