Automated strike zone with a challenge system will be part of spring training, the regular season and the postseason in 2026.

September 23 - Automated ball-strike challenges are coming to Major League Baseball next season. A Tuesday vote from the MLB ...

The Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System is the game's latest high-tech and a compromise between owners and players ...

MLB approved a new automatic balls and strikes system set to start in 2026. Here's everything to know about the ABS challenge system.

They also went through the meticulous process of adding a bunch of Hawk-Eye cameras (12, to be exact) in each ballpark and ...

BREAKING: Major League Baseball will use the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) during the entire 2026 season ABS CHALLENGE RULES: - Each team will get two challenges and can keep them if ...

Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the strike zone.

They will arrive only partially, at least for now, in the form of a challenge system by which batters, pitchers and catchers can challenge ball and strike calls in real time. Human umpires will ...