As we enter the final week of the 2025 MLB regular season, the league has made a significant announcement, stating that it will implement an Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System for the entirety of ...

The Mets and all of Major League Baseball will have to navigate a new way to determine balls and strikes in 2026. Starting on Opening Day, the automatic ball and strike (ABS) challenge system will be ...

The MLB's early success with the automated ball-strike challenge system could provide lessons on how to improve replay ...

It's been a hotly debated topic ever since the coaches' challenge was introduced to Major League Baseball back in 2014. Now, the time has finally come. MLB has approved a new Automated Balls and ...

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 ...

With Spring Training games in full swing, baseball fans are starting to get familiar with the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system. Although ABS isn’t brand new to baseball, as it’s been used in the ...

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 ABS Challenge System is now one-month old in Major League Baseball and it has a message for you: “Honey, I shrunk the ...

With MLB’s competition committee expected to approve the automated ball-strike challenge system on Tuesday, it’s a good time to explain both how ABS works and clear up some of its misconceptions.

View post: Fantasy Basketball 2026-27: High-Upside Bets for Managers Who Want to Win Big The ABS Challenge System is tightening strike zones, increasing walks, and shifting fantasy baseball value ...