Texas Rangers infielder Josh Smith taps his helmet as he motions to home plate umpire John Bacon to initiate a replay challenge during the third inning of a spring training game against the San ...
We’re about two and a half weeks into the Dodgers’ Cactus League schedule, with another roughly two and a half weeks of exhibition games to go. It’s the first year that an automated ball-strike ...
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Welcome to the future. No robots required. For the first time, ABS (the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System) has come to regular-season and postseason Major League play, after several years of ...
Milwaukee improved to 6-7 in Cactus League play with solid pitching from a handful of prospects in relief on March 6, but the real story was what didn't happen: Challenges. While Chad Patrick started ...
North Carolina’s pitching staff entered the season touted as one of the best in the country, and it has already started to show why. The Tar Heels are not overpowering opponents with strikeouts — they ...
The Detroit Tigers are just a few weeks away from getting started with a 2026 season which has as much potential as the team has had in some time now. Baseball in general though continues to evolve ...
View post: What Happened Between Jorginho & Singer Chappell Roan? Full Controversy Explained MLB introduces Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System with player-initiated challenges for disputed calls.
After testing the system in spring training last season, MLB is finally going to have an automated strike zone (ABS) challenge system for the 2026 regular season. And just as we saw in spring training ...