© 2026 Yahoo. All rights reserved. As we enter the final week of the 2025 MLB regular season, the league has made a significant announcement, stating that it will ...

MLB home plate umpires missing calls behind the dish is as frustrating an event as any for fans, players and managers to deal with. With that, having an automated balls and strikes (ABS) system in ...

The 2026 MLB season introduces three major rule changes for various parts of the game. Teams now have a system to contest balls and strikes with the new ABS Challenge System. Coaches must stay in ...

The Royals got their first regular-season look at Major League Baseball’s Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system during opening weekend. In their first game, against the Atlanta Braves, catcher ...

Carson Kelly explained the simple motto behind Chicago's big offensive night, and it worked out perfectly against the Dodgers. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Justin Wrobleski, right, gives the ball to ...

Overreaction runs rampant in fantasy baseball in early April. When a player hits 2 HR in a game, he is the next coming of Babe Ruth. A sparsely-known pitcher spins a beautiful outing and he has ...

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 ...

The ABS Challenge System is now one-month old in Major League Baseball and it has a message for you: “Honey, I shrunk the strike zone!” One month is not enough to conclude much in fantasy baseball, ...

Data shows catchers are more successful with challenges than hitters, who have a success rate below 50 percent. Some players and pitchers feel the system has changed their approach, as umpires may be ...

As we enter the final week of the 2025 MLB regular season, the league has made a significant announcement, stating that it will implement an Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System for the entirety of ...