Major League Baseball tested an automated balls and strikes challenge system in spring training games, allowing hitters, ...

The choice is not only whether to introduce ABS, but also whether to implement a change in the definition of the strike zone.

Before the first-ever game at the Major League Baseball level to include an automated challenge system for reviewing balls and strikes, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had only one rule. "I told Munc ...

The potential future implementation of the Automated-Balls-Strikes (ABS) system has been putting more of a spotlight on umpire errors, especially with the generally positive attitude towards ABS ...

In a statement to The Athletic's Jayson Stark, Ken Rosenthal and Eno Sarris, an MLB official explained the zone hasn't ...

LaMonte Wade Jr., though, isn’t opposed to the system as long as balls and strikes don’t become fully automated. Wade, who has often hit leadoff for the Giants this spring, has yet to ...

Changes to the way Major League Baseball evaluates umpires has resulted in fewer called strikes on the edges of the zone through the first month of the 2025 season, reports The Athletic. The change ...

"When we debuted the automated balls and strikes here at the All-Star game in York in 2019, the earpiece that the umpire used was then retired to the Baseball Hall of Fame," Bannon added.

Although it’s been used in the minor leagues since 2023, MLB's implementation of its automatic balls and strikes system (ABS) ...