When MLB adopts ABS challenge system next season, who benefits and who loses?

SAN FRANCISCO — No major-league catcher is better at framing pitches and coaxing borderline strike calls than Patrick Bailey.
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The ABS Challenge System is Here. How Do Twins Players Feel, and What Are the Implications?

One of baseball’s immutable rules is that a player can’t argue balls and strikes—until now. On Tuesday, Major League Baseball ...

It took CB Bucknor one day to prove ABS won't solve all of MLB's problems

ABS, or MLB's automated balls and strikes system, has been a long time coming. Baseball players, managers and fans are tired of relying solely on the human elem ...

Here’s what the ABS challenge system might look like on the Progressive Field scoreboard in 2026

Robot umpires have not yet entered the chat, but their arrival is imminent. Tuesday’s announcement that Major League Baseball will fully adopt an automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system beginning ...

ABS Descends Upon The Baseball Earth: Why This Replay Hater Is On Board

Take us to your leader” the robot commanded in classic staccato tone. Turns out his leader is a rectangle in which circles ...