Baseball has been undergoing some pretty dramatic changes. The sport may still be timeless in a sense, but it is now timed.
The New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. showed how to confidently use the still-in-trial Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) ...
The challenge system will not be used in MLB games this season, but there is a good chance it will be implemented in 2026.
The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS), which uses Hawk-Eye technology was rolled up from the minors into the majors for an ...
The sport has seen a flurry of rule adjustments in just the past decade and a half, with more on the horizon. America's ...
In this year’s baseball spring training, the new Automated Ball-Strike System is helping settle challenges to home plate pitch calls.
What did we learn from watching the robot umps — and talking to people throughout the game about ABS — this spring? Let's discuss!
But one piece of tech that hasn't made its way to the collegiate level yet is the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system. The ABS challenge system is a mechanism that enables a batter, pitcher or ...
This year marked the first that players could challenge balls and strikes, but pitching phenom Paul Skenes is not a fan of ...
During some Grapefruit League games, including all contests at the Mets’ Clover Park, the batter, catcher or pitcher can challenge individual balls and strikes called by the plate umpire.
In the spring training battle of pitchers, catchers and batters vs. borderline strike calls from umpires, the players prevailed – but just barely. Major League Baseball’s tryout of a challenge ...
In the bottom of the sixth inning, with a runner on base, one out and facing a full count, Chisholm had a third strike called on him by the home plate umpire ... the batter, pitcher or catcher ...