SAN FRANCISCO — José Caballero made history Wednesday night, just not successfully. The Yankees shortstop became the first player to challenge a pitch using the automated ball-strike system during the ...

Major League Baseball’s new Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) already has umpires pleading. Midway through the Giants’ 10-7 spring training win over the Guardians on Saturday, San Francisco pitcher ...

The start of this season has seen a new rule change in Major League Baseball with the introduction of the ABS (Automated Ball-Strike system) challenges. Most changes to the baseball rules can cause a ...

Here's what we can expect from the ABS challenge system in the 2026 MLB season based on spring training data. MLB is implementing the ABS challenge system in the regular season for the first time in ...

MLB has put in place a lot of rule changes over the last six years. There’s the automatic runner in extra innings, but only a small percentage of games go into extra innings. The pitch clock changed ...

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 ...

The 2026 MLB season is officially underway and it didn’t take long for the new ABS (Automated Ball/Strike) Challenge System to be used in a number of games on Opening Day. One of the best uses of the ...

CB Bucknor has 26 years of service time as a major-league umpire. Jeffrey Dean / MLB Photos via Getty Images CINCINNATI — It was Ryan Watson’s big-league debut with the Boston Red Sox, but longtime ...

Dan Bellino had his CB Bucknor moment during Monday’s game. Kurtz immediately tapped on his helmet to initiate an automated ball-strike (ABS) system challenge. In the end, it turned out that Bellino’s ...

One of the best parts about Opening Day is getting to see players you’ve heard about in your favorite team’s minor league system play their first game in the big leagues. Normally, it can take a ...

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