When judging whether to challenge ball-strike calls, even players and managers disagree one month into the MLB season.

The ABS challenge system leaderboard ranks batters, pitchers, catchers, teams and umpires throughout the MLB season.

MLB has put in place a lot of rule changes over the last six years. There’s the automatic runner in extra innings, but only a small percentage of games go into extra innings. The pitch clock changed ...

One month is not enough to conclude much in fantasy baseball, but we know the strike zone is smaller by about 11 percent on ...

Major League Baseball’s 2026 season features the debut of the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System, giving pitchers, batters, and catchers the ability to contest an umpire’s call on balls and ...

The ABS challenge system helped Cincinnati Reds fans earn free pizza when a reversed call gave the Reds their 11th strikeout ...

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 ...

A new wrinkle thrown at every Major League Baseball team ahead of the 2026 season was how to handle the ABS Challenge System ...

The MLB's early success with the automated ball-strike challenge system could provide lessons on how to improve replay ...