The system will permit teams to challenge an umpire’s strike or ball call via an automated ball tracking system that monitors ...

MLB's Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) is here. Learn more about the history of baseball's strike zone and the ...

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, ...

Players can challenge ball-strike calls now, but it may have come at a cost for viewers.

MLB's new automated balls and strikes challenge system has unexpectedly shrunk the strike zone and pushed walk rates to their ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Walks are up 7.3% as pitches in the strike zone dropped markedly and the average time of games increased by 5 ...

The new Automated Ball-Strike system has contributed to a spike in the Major League Baseball's walk rate so far this season.

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Gausman got 709 called strikes over the past decade on pitches out of the strike zone, tied for the third highest total in the major leagues. “I would have thought maybe I ...

Robot umpires have officially been part of our lives for two weeks now. Some seem to like them, others not so much. With two weeks of hindsight on this new phenomenon, there isn't really a consensus ...

PEORIA, Ariz. — Major League Baseball first defined a strike zone in the late 1880s, when the game shifted away from a batter’s ability to call for a “high,” “low” or “fair” pitch at the start of a ...

PHOENIX — Arizona Diamondbacks closer Paul Sewald knows that — in theory — Major League Baseball’s new Automated Ball-Strike system shouldn’t favor batters or pitchers. In practice, he thinks one side ...