It comes as no surprise, but it’s official now: the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge system is coming to MLB for the 2026 ...

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on ...

SAN FRANCISCO — No major-league catcher is better at framing pitches and coaxing borderline strike calls than Patrick Bailey.

MLB’s Joint Competition Committee voted 9-2 to approve the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system on Tuesday, Sept. 23, two ...

The league's competition committee voted to implement the system, which has been tested in Triple A since 2022, in all MLB ...

Giants catcher Patrick Bailey and manager Bob Melvin discuss how MLB's new ABS system could impact San Francisco players ...

The Giants got a preview of the automated ball-strike system, or ABS, during Cactus League games this past spring. Starting ...

Robot umpires - also called "automated balls and strikes" (ABS) - have been used in the minor leagues and during the 2025 MLB ...

One of baseball’s immutable rules is that a player can’t argue balls and strikes—until now. On Tuesday, Major League Baseball ...

MLB approved a new automatic balls and strikes system set to start in 2026. Here's everything to know about the ABS challenge ...

Major League Baseball is implementing the ABS challenge system in 2026. How do the Arizona Diamondbacks feel about it, and what might it mean for the team?

Via MLB: In 288 games with the ABS Challenge System during Spring Training 2025, there were an average of 4.1 challenges per game. Those challenges took an average of 13.8 seconds. Adding on a minute ...