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 ...

February 19 - A tap of the cap or helmet has new meaning in 2025 spring training games. In more than 55 percent of spring training games over the next six weeks, Major League Baseball is employing the ...

Catchers in every MLB camp are now preparing for individual hitters, as the strike zone is going to be different from batter to batter. Cliff Welch / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images CLEARWATER, Fla. ...

Chicago Cubs starter Cody Poteet knew exactly what pitch he wanted to uncork to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy: a fastball down and away. But as the ball left his hand — in the first inning of ...

The change to the strike zone box on MLB TV broadcasts has been implemented in conjunction with the automatic ball-strike challenge system. Mark J. Rebilas / USA Today Fans at home will have a ...

February 17 - Major League Baseball broadcasts no longer will use the strike zone box to indicate where the pitch was a ball or a strike, a move that coincides with the league's implementation of the ...

The introduction of Major League Baseball’s automated balls and strikes challenge system was expected to change the sport in 2026. For the entire history of the game, players and managers had ...