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

In Minor League play, a full ABS system was also trialled, eliminating human umpires’ involvement in ball-strike calls.

MLB’s Joint Competition Committee voted 9-2 to approve the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system on Tuesday, Sept. 23, two ...

Challenge System for the 2026 season. Learn how it works, how many challenges teams get, and what it means for players, umpires, and game strategy.

Major League Baseball (MLB) today announced that the Automated Ball Strike (ABS) Challenge System has been approved for Major League play by a vote of the Joint Competition Committee. Beginning in ...

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on ...

Major League Baseball announced Tuesday the league will implement the ABS challenge system for the 2026 season. The automated ball strike challenge system will have several rules, according to MLB.

One of baseball’s immutable rules is that a player can’t argue balls and strikes—until now. On Tuesday, Major League Baseball announced the inevitable: Starting next season, baseball will implement ...

MLB announced plans to implement the Automated Ball Strike (ABS) Challenge System on a full-time basis, beginning with the 2026 regular season. The rule change comes after a vote by the joint ...

Major League Baseball sent a memo to farm directors Tuesday indicating that beginning on June 25, all Triple-A games will use the ABS (automatic balls and strikes) challenge system as opposed to full ...