The automated ball strike system will be in place for the first time ever here at PNC Park for opening day. If you're not familiar with that system, it is sort of like *** backup umpire. What it is is ...

For generations, baseball has followed a simple rule. The umpire calls balls and strikes, and that call stands. That changes now. This season, Major League Baseball is introducing something that once ...

The introduction of the Automatic Ball and Strike (ABS) system in Major League Baseball has sparked a variety of opinions. Initially skeptical due to its robotic nature, I've grown to appreciate ABS ...

Baseball has officially entered a new era, delivering an unprecedented moment that ended a game in mere seconds. During a matchup between the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball's 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in ...

ABS has been the talk of the MLB season. Here's what those in the game say about the new rule -- and how it changes their ...

Big league teams are still getting used to the automated ball-strike system, but they learned Friday that there are no take-backs on a challenge. On an 0-2 pitch with one out in the top of the seventh ...

After years of testing in the minor leagues and spring training, baseball’s new Automated Ball-Strike challenge system has finally arrived in the majors. For the first time, big league players have ...

Major League Baseball implemented its new Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System at the start of the 2026 season, giving players the power to appeal called balls and strikes. Could NCAA softball ...

It could be argued that the Automated Ball-Strike system has been the MVP of Major League Baseball through the season’s first 2 1/2 weeks, creating a game-within-the-game that’s producing winners, ...

Through the first two weeks of the 2026 MLB regular season and the new automated ball-strike challenge system, umpires are not happy about the standard by which they are being judged against. Per The ...