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 ...

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 ...

At long last, player protest with ball or strike calls can be handled with something other than ineffectual arguing. Beginning with the 2026 MLB season, players will have the power to appeal the ...

The average miss of the 11 most accurate umps is 0.7 inches or less, according to tracking website Tap the Challenge. Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Most businesses would balk at creating a ...

The Arizona Diamondbacks looked like they wasted a golden opportunity to get back in Tuesday’s game. With the bases loaded and two outs in the fifth inning, Adrian Del Castillo struck out looking to ...

The New York Yankees lead the AL East in ABS challenge percentage at 65.5%, outperforming early narratives about their pitchers struggling. The Oakland Athletics boast the best ABS percentage in ...

PHOENIX — It took no time for the Arizona Diamondbacks to use their first Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge this season, as Corbin Carroll benefitted from overturning a called third strike that ...