Upon further review, the ABS Challenge System has been confirmed for the 2026 MLB season. The Joint Competition Committee ...

It’s been rumored for some time and tested in the minor leagues, the Arizona Fall League and this year’s Spring Training. I’m talking, of course, about the automated ball-and-strike challenge system.

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on Tuesday, the league announced. The 11-person committee consists of six owners, ...

It's official: MLB will be using the ABS challenge system throughout the entire 2026 season. Robot umpires — also called "automated balls and strikes" (ABS) — have been used in the minor leagues and ...

Your core (that means both your back and abdominal muscles) is your source of power—seriously. It's also what helps stabilize your entire body, prevent low back pain, and impact your posture, helping ...

Major League Baseball will implement a challenge system for balls and strikes in the 2026 season after the league’s competition committee voted to usher in the era of robot umpiring. Teams will ...

Major League Baseball is testing an automated balls and strikes challenge system in spring training. / MLB 1. Major League Baseball scored a big victory with the pitch clock in 2023. The league has ...

In recent years, we've seen MLB become more receptive to the technology at its disposal. The league expanded the replay challenge rules, added a pitch clock and introduced Statcast to elevate how fans ...

Throughout the offseason, the CBS Sports MLB experts will bring you a weekly Batting Around roundtable breaking down pretty much anything. The latest news, a historical question, thoughts about the ...

Major League Baseball has done a lot of experimenting lately. Rule changes have been hitting the scene left and right. It wasn't until very recently that challenges were introduced into the sport, and ...