SAN FRANCISCO — Baseball’s new reality has arrived. Blink, and you’d miss it. The Giants came out on the winning side of the first Automated Balls and Strikes (ABS) challenged pitch in MLB history.

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 ...

A historic baseball moment will forever be remembered for being overshadowed by an in-game manager interview. Those waiting for the first Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge Wednesday may have felt ...

Welcome to Snyder's Soapbox! Here, I pontificate about matters related to Major League Baseball on a weekly basis. Some of the topics will be pressing matters, some might seem insignificant in the ...

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 ...

From the moment MLB began testing an automated strike zone in the minor leagues, its eventual arrival to regular season MLB games was an inevitability. And that time has finally arrived. After testing ...

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 ...

With a new Major League Baseball season here, a major change will play a unique role in how the year progresses. Coming to the majors this season is the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, or ABS ...

Major League Baseball’s new era arrived faster than expected. José Caballero became the first player in MLB history to use the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system during a regular-season game ...

The Major League Baseball season in 2026 brings with it a new gesture to a sport full of hand signals: the head tap. Players across MLB will be tapping their head as the season goes along as part of ...

Team USA and Team Dominican Republic's World Baseball Classic (WBC) semifinal battle on Sunday night put an unprecedented amount of talent on display in one game, aside from MLB All-Star contests.

Geraldo Perdomo and Team D.R. were forgiving of the bad strike-three calls. But change could be coming in the future. Al Bello / Getty Images MIAMI — They’re getting the calls right in meaningless ...