Nearly two months into the 2026 MLB season, the sample size of data for the new ABS challenge system has produced some notable results for the best and worst teams at using the system. Per Baseball ...

Dillon Dingler had the ball in his hand and ready to throw back to the mound, when he stopped. The Detroit Tigers’ catcher tapped his helmet and looked up at the Comerica Park scoreboard. It was an ...

If it's working at the MLB level, we might as well start gauging the temperature of the ABS challenge system in college baseball. At least that’s the thought process inside the Southeastern Conference ...

The SEC tournament will be held in Hoover, Ala., from May 19 to 24. Jake Crandall / USA Today Network via Imagn Images The Southeastern Conference will use the experimental Automated Ball-Strike ...

The SEC is taking a meaningful step into the automated strike zone era sooner than expected. The league announced Monday it will implement an automated balls-and-strikes challenge system for every ...

A handful of MLB teams are turning smart challenges into real runs and wins early. Dodgers and Diamondbacks lag behind, wasting challenges and missing chances to flip key calls late. The No. 5 hitter ...

Welcome to the 2026 MLB season, where the head tap has become the most important signal in baseball. The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system is no longer a novelty. It is changing how games ...

Anthony Kay had his back against the wall in the top of the third inning. One of the team's best starters to begin the year, Kay had a rough go following Jordan Leasure's opening performance. Kay ...

Three weeks into the season, baseball's new automated balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system has begun to fade into the background. You couldn't not notice it that first weekend. It was new and ...

Pitchers are reckoning with a smaller, moving strike zone as a result of ABS, and walking more batters as a result. Frank Jansky / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The strike zone is baseball’s sacred ...

Stop wasting time on crunches and start training your core to resist movement for maximum power and injury prevention. Enter any gym, and you’ll see the same core workout: crunches, situps, ab ...

There’s no way this game show version of Automated Ball-Strike is going to be what baseball is still using in 2035. Eventually they’re going to get to using ABS on every pitch. So how about skipping ...