The Detroit Tigers are preparing for MLB's new automated ball-strike challenge system coming in the 2026 season, focusing on strike zone knowledge.

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) ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a challenge that has been featured online by Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Bleacher Report, and its frequent participants, the University of New Mexico Men’s Basketball ...

Major League Baseball's trial of the automated balls and strikes challenge system is experimental no more. The "robot" umpires are coming to MLB starting next season. The league announced on Tuesday, ...

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 ...

Major League Baseball will continue testing the automatic balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system at the All-Star game in Atlanta next week, according to a report from Jesse Rogers of ESPN. After ...

Chris Sale is one of MLB’s best pitchers ... and one of the fiercest competitors. You might think he’s itching to test umpires as MLB institutes its new ABS Challenge System. But you’d be wrong. Sale ...

NEW YORK – Starting next season, MLB players will be able to challenge balls and strikes a few times per game. A vote on Tuesday approved the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, which had been ...