Major League Baseball has made some serious changes to the sport in recent years. From the universal DH to replay challenges to pitch clocks, and 2026 will be no different. This year, the league is ...

After a year of trying it out in the minor league, the MLB is bringing a major change to how its umpires officiate. This 2026 season, an automatic ball-strike system, or ABS, will be implemented.

Major League Baseball’s new era arrived faster than expected. José Caballero became the first player in MLB history to use the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system during a regular-season game ...

Major League Baseball's ABS challenge system has delivered landmark firsts, including the inaugural player challenge and the first successful overturn. Yankees shortstop José Caballero initiated the ...

The Cincinnati Reds' first-ever ABS (Automated Ball-Strike) challenge came on a pitch to catcher Tyler Stephenson in the bottom of the seventh inning of the Reds' Opening Day loss March 26 against the ...

From the first-ever ABS challenge to the first ejection involving an ABS challenge, here are all of MLB's firsts involving the new balls-and-strikes arbiter. There’s a first time for everything, but ...