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.

The scoreboard at LECOM Park displays a message about a pitch call being challenged. Major League Baseball is testing an Automated Ball-Stike (ABS) challenge system at select spring training parks.

NEW YORK (AP) — Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System. ABS will be ...

SAN FRANCISCO — In the top of the second inning Tuesday night, Logan Webb threw a 2-2 slider to Victor Scott II that just missed the outer edge of the plate. As it hit Patrick Bailey’s glove, the ...

St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar welcomed the news that MLB’s automated ball-strike (ABS) system will be fully implemented in 2026. Known as one of the league’s most disciplined hitters, ...

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on Tuesday, the league announced. The 11-person committee consists of six owners, ...

The future is officially coming to MLB next year. The league announced on Tuesday that an Automated Ball Strike (ABS) system will be implemented for the 2026 season and provided the rules for how the ...

The Kansas City Royals were recently eliminated from postseason contention. They won 86 games last year and were the second American League Wild Card team. But this year, they were unable to replicate ...

A long-awaited rule change is set to transform Major League Baseball games beginning next season. On Tuesday, the MLB Joint Competition Committee voted to approve the implementation of the Automated ...

The robot umps are here. Major League Baseball’s competition committee on Tuesday afternoon approved the introduction of the automated ball-strike system, or ABS, for the 2026 regular season. Every ...