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

Challenge System for the 2026 season. Learn how it works, how many challenges teams get, and what it means for players, umpires, and game strategy.

MLB is expected to adopt the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) for the 2026 season, allowing players to challenge a select ...

Ever since Billy McLean became the first major league umpire in 1876, the umpire has been baseball’s Supreme Court—the highest court in the land. It helped McLe ...

The Texas Rangers have officially been eliminated from the playoffs in 2025. They came within striking distance in September, but after losing eight in a row, t ...

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

Major League Baseball will make its initial foray next season into “robot umpires,” a rather hilarious term that conjures up images of Star Wars droids barking out ball and strike calls but is in ...

On Tuesday, Rob Manfred and Major League Baseball announced that after much testing, trial and error, including during this year's All-Star game, the league would integrate an automated balls and ...

How will the ABS challenge system work? What effects will it have on the game? Just Baseball dives in to answer all these ...