Major League Baseball

The 1st first-pitch challenge? Of course it happened with Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani uncorked a first-pitch sinker to George Springer that dropped below the zone. The two-way star's hand went to ...

There's a first time for everything: Tracking all of MLB's ABS challenge firsts

From the first-ever ABS challenge to the first ejection involving an ABS challenge, here are all of MLB's firsts involving the new balls-and-strikes arbiter.

Giants win first ever ABS challenge in MLB history

SAN FRANCISCO — Baseball’s new reality has arrived. Blink, and you’d miss it. The Giants came out on the winning side of the ...
Major League Baseball

Judge wins first ABS challenge, then takes advantage with towering first HR

Aaron Judge may be among the most prominent beneficiaries of the new Automatic Ball-Strike (ABS) system, given the frequency ...

José Caballero Makes MLB History With First ABS Challenge

Yankees infielder José Caballero became the first player in MLB history to use the ABS challenge system on Opening Day.
New York Post

Yankees’ Jose Caballero takes first official crack at ABS pitch challenge system

SAN FRANCISCO — José Caballero made history Wednesday night, just not successfully. The Yankees shortstop became the first ...

Watch MLB's first ABS challenge change baseball forever

There it was, for the first time in Major League Baseball history, the outcome of a ball-strike call deciding by a machine.

How Did MLB’s First Week of ABS Challenge System Go?

Major League Baseball changed forever last week with the opening act of the Automated-Ball Strike challenge system. Now, for ...

Yankees player fails on MLB’s first-ever official ABS challenge

First blood has been drawn by ... the umpires with MLB's new automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system. The New York ...

Tyler Stephenson wins Reds' first ABS challenge Opening Day vs Red Sox

The Cincinnati Reds' first-ever ABS (Automated Ball-Strike) challenge came on a pitch to catcher Tyler Stephenson in the ...