Fantasy Baseball 2026: ABS Challenge System – How Strike-Zone Shrinkage Is Rewriting Fantasy Values

One month is not enough to conclude much in fantasy baseball, but we know the strike zone is smaller by about 11 percent on ...
The New York Times

ABS has shrunk the strike zone; walks are spiking as pitchers try to adjust

Pitchers are reckoning with a smaller, moving strike zone as a result of ABS, and walking more batters as a result. Frank Jansky / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The strike zone is baseball’s sacred ...
ConsumerAffairs

Absolute Home Mortgage Corporation Reviews

Absolute Home Mortgage Corporation offers mortgages, refinances and debt consolidation loans. You can apply for a home loan online or at one of its local branches. Absolute Home Mortgage Corporation ...
Gizmodo

Absolute Robin Is a Giant Goddamn Robot

DC’s Absolute universe launched an arms race of just how freakishly huge you could make a comic book character when it kicked things off with the impressively wide Absolute Batman himself, a unit of a ...
The New York Times

Some umps fear ABS is causing fans to judge them by near-impossible standards

The average miss of the 11 most accurate umps is 0.7 inches or less, according to tracking website Tap the Challenge. Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Most businesses would balk at creating a ...
MLB

Dingler goes 4-for-4 on ABS challenges: 'It's big to know the zone'

DETROIT -- The 0-2 slider from Keider Montero dropped in on Cardinals slugger Iván Herrera, leading off the fourth inning. The grid on the Peacock broadcast showed the pitch just off the outside ...
The Hollywood Reporter

With an Assist from ‘Absolute Batman’ and DC, the Comic Artist Superstar Rises Again

Nick Dragotta, Daniel Warren Johnson and others are bringing about a popularity and mania not seen since the heyday of Image Comics in the 1990s. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer At the end of January, ...
MLB

Albies' ABS win sets stage for Braves' huge inning

PHOENIX -- How influential can a successful ABS challenge be? Well, without Ozzie Albies successfully challenging a full-count pitch, the Braves might not have scored at all in what became an ...
ESPN

Orioles' Basallo makes MLB's first game-ending ABS challenge

BALTIMORE -- Samuel Basallo made a little history when the Orioles catcher became the first major leaguer to end a game with a successful challenge via the automated ball-strike system. No word on ...
Associated Press

Through MLB’s first weekend, Salvador Perez and the Royals are ABS winners

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Kansas City Royals’ Salvador Perez high-fives ...
Bleacher Report

MLB ABS Stats for Umpires with Highest Overturn Rate Revealed from Opening Week

Just five days into the 2026 MLB season, it's clear that the new Automated Ball-Strike challenge system is already paying dividends. The Athletic's Johnny Flores Jr. provided a list of umpires with ...