BRADENTON — Major League Baseball may soon begin the “Upon further review” portion of its balls and strikes calls. After spring training wraps up next week, MLB’s competition committee will begin ...

Major League Baseball sent a memo to farm directors Tuesday indicating that beginning on June 25, all Triple-A games will use the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system as opposed to full ABS, ...

Major League Baseball sent a memo to farm directors Tuesday indicating that beginning on June 25, all Triple-A games will use the ABS (automatic balls and strikes) challenge system as opposed to full ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Justyn-Henry Malloy is renowned for his elite plate discipline and rare ability to swing at pitches within the strike zone, so much so that he has been dubbed the human version of the ...

Over the years, MLB has heard the vocal demands for robot umps (or ABS) as umpires struggle to keep up with the increased velocity and movement in today's game. The league tested an ABS challenge ...

SAN FRANCISCO — No major-league catcher is better at framing pitches and coaxing borderline strike calls than Patrick Bailey. The Giants’ switch-hitting catcher leads his cohort by such a wide margin ...

In what may be a prelude to future changes at the big-league level, Major League Baseball has informed farm-system directors across the league that the Triple-A level will pivot to using the challenge ...

As we enter the final week of the 2025 MLB regular season, the league has made a significant announcement, stating that it will implement an Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System for the entirety of ...

In recent years, we've seen MLB become more receptive to the technology at its disposal. The league expanded the replay challenge rules, added a pitch clock and introduced Statcast to elevate how fans ...