Would baseball be a better sport if ABS called every pitch? There are so many factors to consider. Mary Holt / MLB Photos via Getty Images They arrive with every tap on the head. They depart once ...

Ten percent of the season is in the books. Does Major League Baseball play any differently after three weeks of the automatic ball-strike challenge system? Perhaps. Certainly, it is a nascent and ...

The New York Yankees lead the AL East in ABS challenge percentage at 65.5%, outperforming early narratives about their pitchers struggling. The Oakland Athletics boast the best ABS percentage in ...

In the ABS era, even the most fundamental parts of the game are evolving in real time. Hey, the robots never promised there would be no math. Mikayla Schlosser / MLB Photos via Getty Images Here at ...

Abs is the shortened term for your abdominal muscles. The ab muscles are located in the trunk of your body under the chest and above your pelvis. Doing ab workouts can directly impact nearly every ...

After tinkering with the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system for a few years, MLB brought the technology to the regular season in 2026. It didn’t take long before the new technology was put ...

NEW YORK -- The more than century-old tradition of having a human umpire be the final authority on all ball-strike calls ended in the third inning Thursday at Citi Field, when Francisco Alvarez ...

Another major change is coming to MLB. Just years after the ghost runner and pitch clock rules significantly changed the rhythm of baseball, shortening game length, the league is now addressing a ...

Call them an extra set of eyes. With the start of Major League Baseball's regular season this week, the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System makes its debut in all 30 ballparks. The system, ...

Major League Baseball has made some serious changes to the sport in recent years. From the universal DH to replay challenges to pitch clocks, and 2026 will be no different. This year, the league is ...

The 2026 MLB season introduces three major rule changes for various parts of the game. Teams now have a system to contest balls and strikes with the new ABS Challenge System. Coaches must stay in ...

Late last September, MLB announced it would implement the long-awaited ABS (Automated Ball-Strike) challenge system in major league games. With this announcement came excitement, speculation, and ...