Starting in the 2026 season, Major League Baseball players will be able to challenge called balls and strikes in regular and postseason games for the first time. The widely expected adoption of the ...

Sept. 23 (UPI) --Major League Baseball entered an age of robot umpiring Tuesday after a league committee approved a high-tech system for players to challenge calls. The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) ...

Beginning in 2026, the “Challenge System” will be used in all Spring Training, Championship Season, and Postseason games. The Competition Committee – comprised of six owners, four active players and ...

MLB will implement the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System permanently in 2026. Fans and managers, including Terry Francona, generally support the ABS after testing it. The system allows ...

Some welcome news has come across Major League Baseball ahead of the postseason. As announced by the league on Tuesday, MLB is set to officially implement an Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System ...

Only the batter, pitcher or catcher can challenge an umpire’s ball or strike call with the ABS system. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Human umpires will remain behind the plate calling balls and ...

Major League Baseball is now officially set to roll out "robot umpires" for 2026. The league's 11-member competition committee—made up of six owners, four players, and one umpire—gave the green light ...

Automated ball-strike challenges are coming to Major League Baseball next season. A Tuesday vote from the MLB Joint Competition Committee, an 11-person group that includes six team owners, four ...

NEW YORK – Will there be fewer of Aaron Boone’s famous tirades about the strike zone in 2026? Well, maybe. On Tuesday, MLB’s Joint Competition Committee adopted the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) ...