The automated ball-strike system (ABS) will change at the start of the second half of the Triple-A season, Baseball America has learned. All games will use the challenge system going forward. Pitchers ...

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 ...

Veteran starting pitcher Walker Buehler is eager to make his Phillies debut and leave the ABS system behind in the minor leagues ...

ABS already exists in Triple-A, though, which has given many current big-leaguers a chance to experience their future either on rehab stints or before their debuts. And one two-time All-Star just ...

With less than a week until the MLB All-Star Game next Tuesday, there's a twist. Out of the blue, the league announced that the Automatic Balls and Strikes challenge system (ABS) will be in effect for ...

When Zack Wheeler takes the mound for the All-Star Game on Tuesday at Truist Park in Atlanta, there’s still going to be an umpire behind the plate. But he won’t be the only one calling balls and ...

Major League Baseball's exhibition season gets underway Thursday afternoon, when the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers open up the Cactus League. (Grapefruit League action commences Friday.) This ...

Living, breathing human home plate umpires might keep their jobs longer than anticipated. Rob Manfred touched on several topics at a news conference following an owners meeting Thursday, but the ...