Major League Baseball's exhibition season gets underway Friday afternoon. Unlike most years, this round of spring training isn't just serving as a warm-up for the players, but rather will also serve ...

MLB games will look different in spring training and the regular season in 2026, as the league will be using the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System in every ballpark for the first time in the big ...

The ABS operator sits in the press box at LECOM Park during a spring training game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, Mar. 7, 2025. Major League Baseball is testing an ...

It's a brand-new day for MLB teams, players and fans: The ABS challenge system-- which was tested in spring training and the All-Star Game last year-- is coming full-time to the game in 2026! That's ...

Manager Terry Francona and the Reds will be using the Automated Balls and Strikes (ABS) system when spring games begin. The Reds will play their Cactus League opener on Feb. 21 against the Cleveland ...

TAMPA, Fla. – Ben Rice tapped his helmet and a moment later, the strike called against him was reversed to a ball. Testing MLB’s new Automated Ball-Strike system during live batting practices at ...

Beginning this season, teams will be granted at least two challenges of the home-plate umpire’s strike zone each game, as well as an additional challenge in extra innings, if their initial two have ...

MLB's Automated Ball-Strike challenge system is again part of spring training, but unlike last year, it will remain once the regular season starts. It's about to profoundly change baseball. K.C.

The robot umpires are here. Well, only kind of. MLB has a new ABS challenge system, and its implementation begins in Spring Training before being used throughout the regular season and postseason, too ...

Jazz Chisholm Jr. was on base twice in the 2-0 loss to the Orioles, roping a single off tough lefty Trevor Rogers and later drawing a walk. Austin Wells challenged a pitch in the fourth inning, trying ...

PHOENIX — Flashing bleached hair under his cap as he settles in with his new team, Dodgers closer Edwin Díaz threw his first pitch of Thursday’s live bating practice session to Freddie Freeman. It was ...